pull

Pulling a car from the mud with a rope (1)

Meanings

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.
To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
To retrieve or generate for use.
To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
To do or perform.
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.
To row.
To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
To score a certain number of points in a sport.
To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).

An act of pulling
An attractive force which causes motion towards the source
An advantage over somebody; means of influencing.
Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.
Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star)
The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
A journey made by rowing
A contest; a struggle.
Loss or violence suffered.
The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot.
A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
A single impression from a handpress.
A proof sheet.

Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian. Related to West Frisian pûlje, Middle Dutch pullen, Middle Dutch polen, Low German pulen, Icelandic púla.
Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen.

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