Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pull"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which
was fastened at the top of my box. --Swift.

2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. --Carew.

3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]

Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb
lopped off. --Shak.

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

5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]

6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or
the mug. [Slang] --Dickens.

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

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

The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad
cricket. --R. A.
Proctor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. --Shak.

He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
--Gen. viii.
9.

2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
pieces; he hath made me desolate. --Lam. iii.
11.

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

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

5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning;
as, the favorite was pulled.

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

7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See
{Pull}, n., 8.

Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H.
Lyttelton.

{To pull and haul}, to draw hither and thither. `` Both are
equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable
to do. '' --South.

{To pull down}, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to
pull down a house. `` In political affairs, as well as
mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.''
--Howell. `` To raise the wretched, and pull down the
proud.'' --Roscommon.

{To pull a finch}. See under {Finch}.

{To pull off}, take or draw off.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

{To pull apart}, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope
will pull apart.

{To pull up}, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.

{To pull through}, to come successfully to the end of a
difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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