pull

pull is a 4-letter English word with 40 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 10 · 40 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
2. transitive verb. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
3. transitive verb. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
4. transitive verb. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
5. transitive verb. To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
6. transitive verb. To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
7. transitive verb. To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.
8. intransitive verb. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
9. noun. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
10. noun. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.
11. noun. A pluck; loss or violence suffered.
12. noun. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.
13. noun. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.
14. noun. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.
15. noun. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.
16. noun. A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
17. noun. 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: pulling

18. noun. a sustained effort

    "it was a long pull but we made it"

19. noun. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

    "he took a puff on his pipe"

    "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

    Synonyms: drag, puff

20. noun. a device used for pulling something

    "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer"

21. noun. special advantage or influence

    "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"

    Synonyms: clout

22. noun. the force used in pulling

    "the pull of the moon"

    "the pull of the current"

23. noun. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

    "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"

    "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

    Synonyms: twist, wrench

24. verb. strain abnormally

    "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"

    "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"

    Synonyms: overstretch

25. verb. take away

    "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"

26. verb. take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for

    "We all rooted for the home team"

    "I'm pulling for the underdog"

27. verb. remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

    "pull weeds"

    "extract a bad tooth"

    Synonyms: extract

28. verb. strip of feathers

    "pull a chicken"

    "pluck the capon"

    Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, tear

29. verb. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing

    "pull the ball"

30. verb. cause to move by pulling

    "draw a wagon"

    "pull a sled"

    Synonyms: draw, force

31. verb. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

    "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"

    "The ad pulled in many potential customers"

    Synonyms: attract, draw

32. verb. tear or be torn violently

    "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"

    "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

    Synonyms: rend, rip, rive

33. verb. apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

    "Pull the rope"

    "Pull the handle towards you"

34. verb. rein in to keep from winning a race

    "pull a horse"

35. verb. operate when rowing a boat

    "pull the oars"

36. verb. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover

    "draw a weapon"

    "pull out a gun"

    Synonyms: draw

37. verb. steer into a certain direction

    "pull one's horse to a stand"

    "Pull the car over"

38. verb. move into a certain direction

    "the car pulls to the right"

39. verb. cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense

    "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"

    Synonyms: draw

40. verb. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

    "perpetrate a crime"

    "pull a bank robbery"

    Synonyms: commit, perpetrate

Synonyms

pulling, drag, puff, clout, twist, wrench, overstretch, extract, deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, tear, draw, force, attract, rend, rip, rive, commit, perpetrate

Common word forms

pulls, pulled, pullen, puller, pulling, pullable

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