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a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"

a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it"

a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer"

special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current"

tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"

hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds".

apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your kneees towards your chin"

rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse"

operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars"

steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over"

move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right"

cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"

a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it"

a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer"

special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current"

tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.

The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.

A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

To draw towards one by exerting force; pluck; as, to pull grapes; drag or haul; as, to pull a wagon; draw out; as, to pull a tooth.

To draw forcibly; to tug.

The act of using force to draw; a tug; colloquially, influence or advantage.

To draw or try to draw: to draw forcibly: to tear: to pluck.

To give a pull: to draw.

The act of pulling: a struggle or contest.

To draw; pluck.

To draw with force; haul; drag; tug; pluck.

An advantage, as through political favoritism.

To draw towards one; to pluck; to tear; to rend. To pull down, to demolish; to humble. To pull off, to separate by pulling. To pull out, to extract. To pull up, to tear up by the roots; to eradicate.

To draw forcibly; to rend; to draw towards one; to pluck; to gather; to haul or tug.

A pluck; a drawing; a contest.

n. Act of pulling or drawing with force ; -a contest ; a struggle;-effort : strain ;-colloquially, hold over another ; upperhand in a difference, &c.