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Pulling

noun

1.

The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you. Synonym: pull. "His strenuous pulling strained his back"

Pull

verb

(past & past part. pulled; pres. part. pulling)

1.

Cause to move by pulling. Synonyms: draw, force. "Pull a sled"

2.

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes. Synonyms: attract, draw, draw in, pull in. "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"

3.

Move into a certain direction.

4.

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion. "Pull the handle towards you" , "Pull the string gently" , "Pull the trigger of the gun" , "Pull your knees towards your chin"

5.

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation. Synonyms: commit, perpetrate. "Pull a bank robbery"

6.

Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover. Synonyms: draw, get out, pull out, take out. "Pull out a gun" , "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

7.

Steer into a certain direction. "Pull the car over"

8.

Strain abnormally. Synonym: overstretch. "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"

9.

Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense. Synonym: draw.

10.

Operate when rowing a boat.

11.

Rein in to keep from winning a race.

12.

Tear or be torn violently. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. "Pull the cooked chicken into strips"

13.

Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing.

14.

Strip of feathers. Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, tear. "Pluck the capon"

15.

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. Synonyms: draw out, extract, pull out, pull up, take out. "Extract a bad tooth" , "Take out a splinter" , "Extract information from the telegram"

16.

Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for. Synonym: root for. "I'm pulling for the underdog" , "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"

17.

Take away.

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"Pulling" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Hum," he said, pulling his moustache, as he listened to them, "they fooled us, didn't they? Captain Jenks, you will give my compliments to Colonel Jones, and instruct him to put his regiment in motion at once. We will occupy Newville, and then close in on ...

— The Boy Scout Automobilists - or, Jack Danby in the Woods • Robert Maitland

... rocks; that every particle of it was once locked up in the primitive granite and was unlocked by the slow action of the rain and the dews and the snows; that the rocky ribs of the earth were clothed with this fertile soil out of which we came and to which we return by their own decay; that the pulling-down of the inorganic meant the building-up of the organic; that the death of the crystal meant the birth of the cell, and indirectly of you and me and of all that ...

— Time and Change • John Burroughs

... the poorest Brazilian thinks much of is his affectionate wife who literally and figuratively is often in the same boat with her husband, pulling against the stream. Family ties are strong in Brazil and the sweet flower of friendship thrives in its sunny clime. The system of land and sea breezes prevail on the coast from Cape Frio to Saint Catherine with great regularity most of the year; the sail is therefore used to good ...

— Voyage of the Liberdade • Captain Joshua Slocum

... and patronizingly the while he made as if to rummage in his white waistcoat pocket for a card. At the same moment Cowperwood and Braxmar, realizing quite clearly the import of his words, were on their feet. While Mrs. Carter was pulling and struggling back from the stranger, Braxmar's hand (he being the nearest) was on him, and the head waiter and two ...

— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser

... There is so much wire-pulling here in the army. I would be suspected of trying to displace an officer for the position for myself, or for a friend standing behind me. Consequently I could not have examined the record as ...

— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland

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