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. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the
favorite was pulled.
6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses
being worked by pulling a lever.
7. (Cricket) 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.
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Pull (?), v. i. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or
hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull
apart. -- To pull up, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt. -- To pull
through, to come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a
dangerous sickness, or the like.
Pull, n. 1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move
something by drawing toward one.
I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at
the top of my box.
Swift.