pull

pull is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. 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] To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

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

[7] 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.