pull

transitive verb

1. to exert force or influence on so as to cause to move toward or after the source of the force; drag, tug, draw, attract, etc.
2. 1. to draw out; pluck out; extract to pull a tooth
   2. to pick or uproot to pull carrots
3. to draw apart; rip; tear to pull a seam
4. ☆ to stretch (taffy, etc.) back and forth repeatedly
5. to stretch or strain to the point of injury to pull a muscle
6. ☆ Informal to put into effect; carry out; perform to pull a raid
7. Informal to hold back; restrain to pull one's punches
8. Informal
   1. ☆ to take (a gun, knife, etc.) from concealment so as to threaten
   2. to take or force off or out; remove to pull a wheel from a car
9. Dialectal to draw the entrails from (a fowl)
10. Baseball, Golf to hit (the ball) and make it go to the left or, if left-handed, to the right
11. Horse Racing to rein in or restrain (a horse) so as to keep it from winning
12. Printing to take (a proof) on a hand press
13. Rowing
    1. to work (an oar) by drawing it toward one
    2. to propel or transport by rowing

Etymology: ME pullen < OE pullian, to pluck, snatch with the fingers: ? akin to MLowG pull, a husk, shell

intransitive verb

1. to exert force in or for dragging, tugging, or attracting something
2. to take a deep draft of a drink or puff at a cigarette, etc.
3. to be capable of being pulled
4. to move or drive a vehicle (away, ahead, around, out, etc.)
5. ☆ Football to run behind, and parallel to, the line of scrimmage, as to provide blocking for a ballcarrier: said of an offensive lineman

noun

1. the act, force, or result of pulling; specif.,
   1. a dragging, tugging, attracting, etc.
   2. the act or an instance of rowing
   3. a drink
   4. a puff at a cigarette, etc.
   5. a difficult, continuous effort, as in climbing
   6. the force needed to move a weight, trigger, etc., measured in pounds
2. something to be pulled, as the handle of a drawer, etc.
3. ☆ Informal
   1. influence or special advantage
   2. drawing power; appeal