pull

Etymology
Verb from, from , of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun from, , , from the verb.

Pronunciation

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Verb



 * 1)  To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
 * 2) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
 * 3)  To attract or net; to pull in.
 * 4)  To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
 * 5)  To  remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
 * 6)  To retrieve or generate for use.
 * 7)  To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.
 * 8)  To do or perform, especially something seen as negative by the speaker.
 * 9)   To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
 * 10) To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
 * 11)  To row.
 * 12)  To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
 * 13) To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
 * 14)  To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
 * 15)  To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
 * 16)  To score a certain number of points in a sport.
 * 17)  To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
 * 18)  To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
 * 19)  To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
 * 20)  To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
 * 21)  To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
 * 22)  To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
 * 23)  To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
 * 24)  To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
 * 25)  To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
 * 26)  In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
 * 27)  To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
 * 1)   To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
 * 2) To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
 * 3)  To row.
 * 4)  To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
 * 5) To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
 * 6)  To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
 * 7)  To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
 * 8)  To score a certain number of points in a sport.
 * 9)  To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
 * 10)  To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
 * 11)  To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
 * 12)  To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
 * 13)  To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
 * 14)  To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
 * 15)  To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
 * 16)  To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
 * 17)  To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
 * 18)  In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
 * 19)  To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
 * 1)  To score a certain number of points in a sport.
 * 2)  To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
 * 3)  To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
 * 4)  To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
 * 5)  To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
 * 6)  To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
 * 7)  To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
 * 8)  To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
 * 9)  To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
 * 10)  To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
 * 11)  In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
 * 12)  To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
 * 1)  To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
 * 2)  To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
 * 3)  To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.
 * 4)  To retrieve source code or other material from a source control repository.
 * 5)  In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
 * 6)  To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.
 * 1)  In practice fighting, to reduce the strength of a blow (etymology 3) so as to avoid injuring one's practice partner.
 * 2)  To impede the progress of (a horse) to prevent its winning a race.

Derived terms
See also pulling

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: جَرَّ, سَحَبَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: شد
 * Moroccan Arabic: جر, جبد
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese:
 * Central: টানা
 * Eastern: টনা
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Balinese: abut
 * Bashkir: тартыу, һөйрәү
 * Belarusian: цяга́ць, пацяга́ць,  цягну́ць, пацягну́ць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 拉
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tõmbama
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:, tempoa,
 * French:
 * Friulian: tirâ
 * Galician: puxar,
 * Georgian: თრევა
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: schleipfe
 * Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἕλκω
 * Gujarati: ખેંચવું
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: guyud
 * Hindi: खींचना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Igbo: dọọ
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: vettää, veittää, temmata, tempoa, väittää
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Jarai: dui
 * Javanese:
 * Kalmyk: татх
 * Kashubian: cygnąc
 * Kaurna: watunthi
 * Kazakh:, сүйреу
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ڕاکێشە
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: travar
 * Lao: ດຶງ
 * Latgalian: viļkt
 * Latin: vellō,
 * Latvian: vilkt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard:
 * Macedonian: влече
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᡨᠠᡨᠠᠮᠪᡳ
 * Mansaka: gabot
 * Maori: keu, kume, tō
 * Marathi: खेचणे, ओढणे
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Nepali: तान्नु
 * Norman: haler
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Old Javanese: tarik
 * Oromo: harkisuu
 * Ottoman Turkish: چكمك
 * Pashto: چېوهل, کشول
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: tirè
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: aysay
 * Rapa Nui: haro
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: trair
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: slaod, tarraing
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потезати, потегнути
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: tiahnuť, ťahať, potiahnuť
 * Slovene: tegniti
 * Somali: jiidid
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: śěgnuś, śěgaś
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sundanese: bedol
 * Swahili: kuvuta
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: humila
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, , , ,
 * Tocharian B: yärtt-
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: тяга́ти, потяга́ти,  тягти́, потягти́, тягну́ти, потягну́ти, витя́гувати, витяга́ти
 * Urdu: کهینچنا
 * Uyghur: تارتماق
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Walloon: ,
 * West Frisian:, lûke
 * White Hmong: cab
 * Yakut: тарт
 * Yiddish: ציִען
 * Zazaki: anten, ancen
 * Zealandic: trekke, snokke


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: тартыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, , vytahovat
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Nepali: तान्नु
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: slaod, tarraing
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ดึงดูด
 * Zealandic: trekke, snokke


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Maori: huti


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Maori: kōwhiti, kohika
 * Norwegian:, trekke tilbake
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:


 * Bashkir: ҡаймыҡтырыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Maori: tanuku, takoki, tanoni, pakoki, tanoi
 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki: anjayen


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:
 * Zazaki: anten


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Zazaki: ancayen

Noun

 * 1) An act of pulling applying force toward oneself.
 * 2) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
 * 3)  An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
 * 4)  The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
 * 5) Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
 * 6)  Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest.
 * 7)  or attraction (e.g. of a movie star).
 * 8)  The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
 * 9) A journey made by rowing.
 * 10) * 1874,, Chapter V
 * As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.
 * 1)  A contest; a struggle.
 * 2) An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain.
 * 3)  Loss or violence suffered.
 * 4)  The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
 * 7)  A single impression from a handpress.
 * 8)  A proof sheet.
 * 9)  A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.
 * 1)  The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
 * 2) A journey made by rowing.
 * 3) * 1874,, Chapter V
 * As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.
 * 1)  A contest; a struggle.
 * 2) An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain.
 * 3)  Loss or violence suffered.
 * 4)  The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
 * 7)  A single impression from a handpress.
 * 8)  A proof sheet.
 * 9)  A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
 * 3)  A single impression from a handpress.
 * 4)  A proof sheet.
 * 5)  A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.
 * 1)  A proof sheet.
 * 2)  A player's use of a game's gacha mechanic to obtain a random reward.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Ingrian: veto
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ڕاکێشان
 * Ottoman Turkish: چكیش
 * Portuguese: puxada
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: теглителна сила
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , (emotional)
 * Swedish:, dragkraft


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Russian: козыри


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: dragkraft


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian: гребане
 * Finnish:, soutumatka

Etymology
From, via

Verb

 * 1)  to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads

Etymology
From Low German.

Noun

 * 1) bull
 * 2) ox

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) pullover

Etymology
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Usage notes
Usually repeated.