pull

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From Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, tug, pluck”). Related to Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Old Norse pūla (“to beat”).

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pull (third-person singular simple present pulls, present participle pulling, simple past and past participle pulled)

  1. (transitive) to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force
  2. (ambitransitive, slang) to persuade (someone) to have sex with one
    I pulled at the club last night.
    He's pulled that bird over there.
  3. (transitive) to remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability
    Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.
  4. (transitive, informal) to do or perform
    He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.
    You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.
  5. (transitive) to retrieve or generate for use
    I'll have to pull a part number for that.
    • 2006, Michael Bellomo, Joel Elad, How to Sell Anything on Amazon...and Make a Fortune!
      They'll go through their computer system and pull a report of all your order fulfillment records for the time period you specify.
  6. (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.
  7. to toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field
  8. (intransitive) to row

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  • (apply force to (something) so it comes towards one): push, repel, shove

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See also pulling

Terms derived from pull (verb)

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apply force to (something) so it comes towards one
slang: persuade (a person) to have sex with one
remove (something) from circulation
do, perform
retrieve or generate for use
apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force
succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex

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pull (plural pulls)

  1. An act of pulling (applying force)
    He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.
  2. 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
    She took a pull on her cigarette.
  3. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
    a zipper pull
  4. (slang) influence, especially as a means of gaining advantage
  5. Appeal or attraction or (as of a movie star)
  6. (Internet) (uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
  7. A journey made by rowing
    • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
      As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.

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Terms derived from the noun pull

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act of pulling
attractive force
device meant to be pulled
influence
appeal

[edit] Estonian

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pull (??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

  1. bull
  2. ox

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This Estonian entry needs a declension template

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English pullover

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pull m. (plural pulls)

  1. pullover
    Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull — It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
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