Definition of pull

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Pull (v. t.) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled..

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Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch..
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..
Taglia :: Taglia (n.) A peculiar combination of pulleys.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A device to pull off boots.
Pulled :: Pulled (imp. & p. p.) of Pul.
Drawer :: Drawer (n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in..
Depilation :: Depilation (n.) Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle..
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
Divulsive :: Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting..
Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
Wire-pulling :: Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue..
Trochlea :: Trochlea (n.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes..
Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt..
Hale :: Hale (v. t.) To pull; to drag; to haul.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Pullet :: Pullet (n.) A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl..
Lurchline :: Lurchline (n.) The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.
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