Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
2. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.).
3. (transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
4. (ambitransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
5. (ambitransitive, US, slang) To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).
6. (transitive) To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
7. (transitive) To retrieve or look up for use.
8. (construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.

Example Sentences

When I give the signal, pull the rope.

Pull your belt tight before starting off, will you?

He put forth his hand […] and pulled her in.

Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.

to pull fruit from a tree

pull flax

pull a finch

He and some of his companions one day entered a garden in the suburbs, and having indulged their appetites, desired to know what satisfaction they must make for the fruit they had pulled.

Word Forms

• pulls
• pulling
• pulled
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• pull
• pullest
• pulledst
• pulleth
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When Should You Use Pull?

Use pull when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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