Definition of pull

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

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Homodromous :: Homodromous (a.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
Repullulation :: Repullulation (n.) The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.
Twig :: Twig (v. t.) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
Depilation :: Depilation (n.) Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.
Jerking :: "Jerking (n.) The act of pulling, pushing, or throwing, with a jerk..
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) The groove of a pulley.
Underpull :: Underpull (v. i.) To exert one's influence secretly.
Lift :: Lift (n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..
Punka :: Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord..
Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Tightener :: Tightener (n.) That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay..
Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..
Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..
Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing..
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