pull
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Is pull a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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What is the meaning of pull?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.Examples: "When I give the signal, pull the rope."; "Pull you belt tight before starting off, will you?"; "He put forth his hand […] and pulled her in."Synonyms: drag, tow, tug, yankintransitivetransitive
2. (transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.Examples: "Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies."; "While the pimp can always pull a ho with his magnetism, he can never pull a nun. The nun is too in touch with her own compassionate and honest spirit to react to a spirit as negative and deceitful as that of the pimp."transitive
3. (ambitransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.Examples: "I pulled at the club last night."; "He's pulled that bird over there."; "Grab your coat, love, you've pulled."Synonyms: score, scoreIrelandUKambitransitiveslang
4. (ambitransitive, US, slang) To interest (someone) in dating or pursuing one (whether or not this has led to sex).Examples: "Wow, Joyce pulls, actually."USambitransitiveslang
5. (transitive) To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability.Examples: "Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves."; "The book was due to be released today, but it was pulled at the last minute over legal concerns."Synonyms: recall, withdraw, yanktransitive
6. (transitive) To retrieve or look up for use.Examples: "I'll have to pull a part number for that."; "This computer file is incorrect. Can we pull the old version from your backups?"; "They'll go through their computer system and pull a report of all your order fulfillment records for the time period you specify."Synonyms: generate, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, obtain, retrievetransitive
intj (English)
1. (gun sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
noun (English)
1. (countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).Examples: "He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out."; "She took several pulls on her cigarette."; "I found myself suddenly awaked with a violent pull upon the ring, which was fastened at the top of my box."Synonyms: tug, yankcountable
2. (uncountable) An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.Examples: "The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant."; "iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet"Synonyms: attractionuncountable
3. (uncountable, figurative) An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.Examples: "The hypnotist exerted a pull over his patients."; "Tresham's up to his eyes in dock business and town business, a regular jobmonger, he has no use for anybody who hasn't a pull."figurativelyuncountable
4. (uncountable, figurative, informal) The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.Examples: "I don't have a lot of pull within the company."; "She wants to work in the villages, and she has a lot of pull with some ministers and there she is, like a political supervisor."; "I have already put Matthew Williams off for a few days. He wants to see her too, but he doesn't have pull with the director."Synonyms: influence, swayfigurativelyinformaluncountable
5. (countable) Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.Examples: "a zipper pull"Synonyms: handle, knob, lever, ropecountable
6. (countable, figurative) A randomized selection from a given set.Examples: "card pull"countablefiguratively
Definition source: Wiktionary