pull

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
2. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.).
3. (transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
4. (Ireland, UK, ambitransitive, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
5. (US, ambitransitive, slang) To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).
6. (transitive) To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
7. (transitive) To retrieve or look up for use.
8. To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
9. (informal, transitive) To do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker.
10. To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour associated with the person or thing mentioned (with a and the name of a person, place, event, etc.).
11. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
12. (intransitive) To row.
13. (transitive) To transport by rowing.
14. (transitive) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
15. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
16. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
17. (ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
18. (UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.
19. To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
20. (dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
21. To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
22. (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
23. (intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
24. (US) Of a railroad car, to pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
25. (intransitive, transitive) (Followed by a preposition or adverb) To drive (a vehicle) in a particular direction or to a particular place.
26. (transitive) To pull over (a driver or vehicle); to detain for a traffic stop.
27. (intransitive, transitive) To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
28. To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
29. In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
30. (transitive) To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.

Intj

Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

Noun

1. (countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
2. (uncountable) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
3. (figuratively, uncountable) An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
4. (figuratively, informal, uncountable) The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
5. (countable) Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
6. (countable, figuratively) A randomized selection from a given set.
7. (Internet, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A randomized selection from a given set.
8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A randomized selection from a given set.
9. (countable, dated, figuratively, slang, uncountable) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; advantage.
10. (figuratively, uncountable) Appeal or attraction.
11. (Internet, countable, uncountable) The act or process of sending out a request for data from a server by a client.
12. (countable) A journey made by rowing.
13. (countable, dated, uncountable) A contest; a struggle.
14. (countable) An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; strain; sprain.
15. (countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable) Loss, misfortune, or violence suffered.
16. (colloquial, countable) A drink, especially of an alcoholic beverage; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
17. (countable, uncountable) A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
18. (countable, uncountable) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
19. (countable, historical, uncountable) A single impression from a handpress.
20. (countable, uncountable) A proof sheet.

Synonyms

drag

draw

tug

haul

tow

pluck

stretch

pull out

attract

yank

jerk

trail

pull up

tear

extract

draw out

take out

strain

traction

attraction

remove

influence

clout

force

draw in

draught

row

pull on

pulling

lead

snatch

heave

fire

🔥

shoot

rip

push

take

pull in

perpetrate

move

commit

peel

get out

seize

extend

drive

rive

displume

delay

deplume

Translations

tirer

ziehen

tirare

trekken

tirar

puxar

jalar

τραβώ

traîner

tirar

çekmek

trainer

arrastrar

retirer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pullen

Inherited from Old English: pullian

Cognate with Western Frisian: pûlje

Cognate with Middle Dutch: pullen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: polen

Cognate with Low German: pulen

Cognate with Icelandic: púla

Inherited from Middle English: pul

In summary

Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”).
Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”).

Sentences

For their first exercises the gunners had to borrow horses to pull their guns .