Found 3 hits - Term: pulled, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pull \pull\, v. t. imp. p. p. pulled; p. pr. vb. n.
pulling. as. pullian; cf. lg. pulen, and gael. peall,
piol, spiol.
1. to draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
1913 webster
ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. --shak.
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he put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
--gen. viii.
9.
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2. to draw apart; to tear; to rend.
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he hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
pieces; he hath made me desolate. --lam. iii.
11.
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3. to gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to
pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
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4. to move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one;
as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
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5. horse racing to hold back, and so prevent from winning;
as, the favorite was pulled.
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6. print. to take or make, as a proof or impression; --
hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
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7. cricket to strike the ball in a particular manner. see
pull, n., 8.
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never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --r. h.
lyttelton.
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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.
1913 webster
see also:
pulled pulling pull to pull and haul to pull down to pull a finch
finch to pull off
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pulled \pulled\, a.
plucked; pilled; moulting. " a pulled hen." --chaucer.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pulled
adj : drawn toward the source of the force; "this exercise must be
done with the arms pulled back"
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