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Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk pull 8438 6961607 2009-07-09T22:31:44Z Makearney 33798 /* Verb */ {{wikipedia|dab=pull}} ==English== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} ''[[pullian]]'' ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|po͝ol}}, {{IPA|/pʊl/}}, {{SAMPA|/pUl/}} * {{audio|en-us-pull.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ʊl}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To apply a [[force]] to (an object) such that it comes [[toward]] the person or thing applying the force. # {{transitive}} {{context|slang}} To persuade (someone) to have sex with one. #: ''He's pulled that bird over there.'' # {{transitive}} to [[remove]] (something), especially from public [[circulation]] or [[availability]] #: ''Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.'' # {{transitive|informal}} to [[do]] or [[perform]] #: ''He regularly '''pulls''' 12-hour days, sometimes 14.'' # {{transitive}} To [[retrieve]] or [[generate]] for use. #: ''I'll have to '''pull''' a part number for that.'' # {{intransitive}} To apply a force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force. #: ''You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle.'' # {{intransitive|slang}} To succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex or to make out with somebody which is not in a relationship with you, eg "I pulled tonight!" - meaning the person made out. # {{transitive|online gaming}} Initiate combat with an enemy character in an [[online game]]. ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|apply force to (something) so it comes toward}} [[drag]], [[tow]], [[tug]], [[yank]] * {{sense|slang: to persuade to have sex with one}} [[score]] * {{sense|to remove from circulation}} [[recall]], [[withdraw]], [[yank]] * {{sense|to do|to perform}} [[carry out]], [[complete]], [[do]], [[execute]], [[perform]] * {{sense|to retrieve or generate for use}} [[generate]], [[get]], [[get hold of]], [[get one's hands on]], [[lay one's hands on]], [[obtain]], [[retrieve]] * {{sense|to succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex.}} [[score]] ====Antonyms==== * {{sense|apply force to (something) so it comes towards one}} [[push]], [[repel]], [[shove]] ====Derived terms==== ''See also'' '''[[pulling]]''' {{rel-top|Terms derived from the verb ''to pull''}} * [[pull a|pull a...]] * [[pull a face]] * [[pull a fast one]] * [[pull away]] * [[pull back]] * [[pull down]]  * [[pull in]] * [[pulling]] * [[pull off]] * [[pull oneself together]] * [[pull out]] {{rel-mid}} * [[pull over]]  * [[pull-quote]] * [[pull rank]] * [[pull round]] * [[pull somebody's leg]] * [[pull the other one]], [[pull the other one, it's got bells on]] * [[pull the wool over someone's eyes]] * [[pull through]] * [[pull together]] * [[pull up]]  {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|apply force to (something) so it comes towards one}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[جر]]}} {{IPAchar|(járra)}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|քաշել|tr=k'ašel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t-|hy|ձգել|tr=jgel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Chinese: [[拖拉]] (tuōlā) * Czech: {{t-|cs|táhnout}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|trekken}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tiri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|vetää}} * French: {{t+|fr|tirer}} * German: {{t+|de|ziehen}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|húz}} * Italian: [[tirare]] [[:it:tirare|(it)]] {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[引く]] (ひく, hiku) * Korean: [[끌다]] (kkeulda) * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[ڕاکێشه‌]]}} * Polish: [[ciągnąć]], [[pociągnąć]] * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|puxar}} * Russian: [[тянуть]] (tjanút’) * Spanish: {{t+|es|tirar}} * Swahili: [[kuvuta]] * Swedish: {{t+|sv|dra}}, {{t+|sv|draga}} * [[Telugu]]: [[లాగు]] (laagu) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|çekmek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slang: persuade (a person) to have sex with one}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|remove (something) from circulation}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|do, perform}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|retrieve or generate for use}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|քաշել|tr=k'ašel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t-|hy|ձգել|tr=jgel|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|tiri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|vetää}} * French: {{t+|fr|tirer}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|ziehen}} * Italian: {{t+|it|tirare}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|halar}}, {{t+|es|jalar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|dra}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # An act of pulling (applying force). #: ''He gave the hair a sharp '''pull''' and it came out.'' # An [[attractive]] [[force]] which causes [[motion]] towards the source #: ''The spaceship came under the '''pull''' of the gas giant.'' #: ''iron fillings drawn by the '''pull''' of a magnet'' # Any device meant to be pulled, as a [[lever]], [[knob]], [[handle]], or [[rope]]. #: ''a zipper '''pull''''' # {{slang}} [[influence]], especially as a means of gaining [[advantage]] # [[appeal|Appeal]] or [[attraction]] or (as of a movie star) # {{internet}} {{uncountable}} The situation where a [[client]] sends out a request for data from a [[server]], as in ''server pull'', ''pull technology''. ====Synonyms==== * {{i-c|act of pulling}} [[tug]], [[yank]] * {{i-c|attractive force}} [[attraction]] * {{i-c|device meant to be pulled}} [[handle]], [[knob]], [[lever]], [[rope]] * {{i-c|influence}} [[influence]], [[sway]] ====Antonyms==== * {{i-c|act of pulling}} [[push]], [[shove]] * {{i-c|attractive force}} [[repulsion]] * {{i-c|device meant to be pulled}} [[button]], [[push]], [[push button]] * {{i-c|influence}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|Terms derived from the noun ''pull''}} * [[on the pull]] {{rel-mid}} * [[ring-pull]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|act of pulling}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|tah|m}} * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[ڕاکێشان]]}} {{trans-mid}} * Swedish: [[ryck]] {{n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|attractive force}} * Swedish: [[attraktion]] {{c}}, [[dragkraft]] {{c}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|device meant to be pulled}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|influence}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|appeal}} * Swedish: [[dragkraft]] {{c}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Estonian== ===Noun=== '''pull''' # [[bull]] # [[ox]] [[Category:Estonian nouns]] [[Category:et:Cattle]] ---- ==French== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-pull.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/pyl/|lang=fr}}, {{SAMPA|/pyl/}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|en|fr}} '''[[pullover]]''' ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m}} # [[pullover]] #: ''Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon '''pull''''' — It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover [[Category:fr:Clothing]] [[ar:pull]] [[et:pull]] [[el:pull]] [[es:pull]] [[fa:pull]] [[fr:pull]] [[ko:pull]] [[io:pull]] [[id:pull]] [[it:pull]] [[kk:pull]] [[hu:pull]] [[nl:pull]] [[ja:pull]] [[pl:pull]] [[pt:pull]] [[ru:pull]] [[simple:pull]] [[fi:pull]] [[sv:pull]] [[ta:pull]] [[te:pull]] [[th:pull]] [[tr:pull]] [[vi:pull]] [[zh:pull]]