pull

Definitions

• (transitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
• To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
• To attract or net; to pull in.
• (ambitransitive) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
• (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
• (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
• (transitive) To do or perform.
• (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
• To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
• (intransitive) To row.
• (transitive) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
• To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
• (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
• (video games) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
• (UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.
• (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
• (printing) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
• (cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
• (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
• (rail transportation) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
• (now) To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).