[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.
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            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.
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see also:
pulled pulling pull to pull and haul to pull down to pull a finch 
finch to pull off 

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