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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pull \Pull\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pulling}.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall, piol, spiol.]
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows. --Shak.
He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in. --Gen. viii. 9.
2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. --Lam. iii. 11.
3. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.
4. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.
5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.
6. (Print.) To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.
7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See {Pull}, noun, 8.
Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H. Lyttelton.
{To pull and haul}, to draw hither and thither. '' Both are equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable to do. '' --South.
{To pull down}, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to pull down a house. '' In political affairs, as well as mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.'' --Howell. '' To raise the wretched, and pull down the proud.'' --Roscommon.
{To pull a finch}. See under {Finch}.
{To pull off}, take or draw off.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pulled \Pulled\, adjective Plucked; pilled; moulting. '' A pulled hen.'' --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pulled
adjective: drawn toward the source of the force; "this exercise must be done with the arms pulled back"
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