1. (noun)pull, pulling 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"
2. (noun)pull the force used in pulling "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current"
3. (noun)pull, clout special advantage or influence "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"
4. (noun)pull a device used for pulling something "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer"
5. (noun)wrench, twist, pull a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
6. (noun)puff, drag, pull 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"
7. (verb)pull a sustained effort "it was a long pull but we made it"
8. (verb)pull, draw, force cause to move by pulling "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
9. (verb)attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in 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"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
10. (verb)pull move into a certain direction "the car pulls to the right"
11. (verb)pull apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
12. (verb)perpetrate, commit, pull perform an act, usually with a negativeconnotation "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
13. (verb)draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
14. (verb)pull steer into a certain direction "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over"
15. (verb)pull, overstretch strain abnormally "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
16. (verb)pull, draw cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstractsense "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
17. (verb)pull operate when rowing a boat "pull the oars"
19. (verb)rend, rip, rive, pull tear or be torn violently "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
20. (verb)pull hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing "pull the ball"
21. (verb)pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume strip of feathers "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
22. (verb)extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
23. (verb)pull, root for take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
24. (verb)pull take away "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
7. pull to movepart of a device to make it work to pull the trigger on a gun; Pull the lever to make it spin.
8. pull to take out a weapon Suddenly he pulled a gun on us.
9. pull pull sb's leg to tease sb Don't listen to her - she's just pulling your leg.
10. pull pull out all the stops to do with as muchenergy or as many resources as possible They're pulling out all the stops and having a huge wedding.
11. pull pull the plug to cancel, usually by takingmoney away The government is pulling the plug on the project.
12. pull pull the rug out from under sb to take away support or help when sb needs it The board refused to back the CEO, pulling the rug out from under him.
13. pull pull strings to obtain using your power or influence His dad pulled some strings and got him into Harvard.
14. pull pull the wool over sb's eyes to deceive by hiding the truth I made a mistake, but I never tried to pull the wool over anyone's eyes.
16. (verb)PULL to exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope
Definition of 'PULL'
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
1. PULL A switch for closing a circuit when pulled. It is used instead of a push button, q.v., in exposed situations, as its contacts are better protected than those of the ordinarypushbutton.
Sense: to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages.
Definitions of PULL 
Afrikaans: waens
Arabic: يَسْحَب، يَجُر
Bulgarian: дърпам
Brazilian: puxar
Czech: (při)táhnout
German: ziehen
Danish: trække; hive
Greek: τραβώ
Spanish: arrastrar, tirar de
Estonian: tõmbama, vedama
Farsi: کشیدن
Finnish: vetää
French: (re)tirer (sur)
Hebrew: לִמשוֹך
Hindi: खींचना
Hungarian: (meg)húz, lehúz
Indonesian: menarik
Icelandic: toga
Italian: tirare; togliere
Japanese: 引く
Korean: 끌어 당기다
Lithuanian: (pa)traukti, nutraukti, t
Latvian: []vilkt; []raut
Malay: menarik
Dutch: trekken
Norwegian: dra, trekke
Polish: (po)ciągnąć
Persian: کشیدن
Pashto: راباستل
Portuguese: puxar
Romanian: a trage
Russian: тянуть, тащить
Slovak: pritiahnuť, potiahnuť, ťa
Slovenian: vleči
Serbian: vući
Swedish: dra
Thai: ดึง
Turkish: çekmek
Taiwanese: 拉，拖，牽
Ukrainian: тягти; смикати
Urdu: کھينچنا
Vietnamese: kéo
Chinese: 拉，拖，牵
