pulling

Noun

Synonyms: pull

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you“the pull up the hill had him breathing harder”“his strenuous pulling strained his back”Synonyms: pull

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.[1913 Webster]

He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.— Gen. viii. 9.[1913 Webster]

2.To draw apart; to tear; to rend. [1913 Webster]

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.— Lam. iii. 11.[1913 Webster]

3.To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch. [1913 Webster]

4.To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar. [1913 Webster]

5.(Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled. [1913 Webster]

6.(Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever. [1913 Webster]

7.(Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8. [1913 Webster]

Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.— R. H. Lyttelton.[1913 Webster]

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]