Pulls can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
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| pull - cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" | ||
| 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" | ||
| pull - move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right" | ||
| pull - strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" | ||
| pull - take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf" | ||
| pull - hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball" | ||
| pull - steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over" | ||
| pull - cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter" | ||
| pull - 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?" | ||
| pull - rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse" | ||
| pull - operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars" | ||
| pull - 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" | ||
| pull - 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" | ||
| pull - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" | ||
| pull - 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" | ||
| pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" | ||
| pull - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" | ||
Noun |
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| pull - 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" | ||
| pull - a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer" | ||
| pull - the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current" | ||
| pull - a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it" | ||
| pull - special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" | ||
| 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" | ||
| pull - a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" |
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| 1. | noun | Call me the minute your train pulls in. | |
| 2. | noun | As a moon orbits, its gravity pulls on the planet, causing a temporary bulge in the planet as it passes. | |
| 3. | noun | The pull up the hill had him breathing harder. | |
| 4. | noun | He grabbed the pull and opened the drawer. | |
| 5. | noun | The pull of the moon. | |
| 6. | noun | The pull of the current. | |
| 7. | noun | It was a long pull but we made it. | |
| 8. | noun | The chairman's nephew has a lot of pull. | |
| 9. | noun | He was sidelined with a hamstring pull. | |
| 10. | noun | Until now Pakistan has not facilitated such a return and clearly it cannot happen until there is both a pull from Kabul and a push from Islamabad. | |
| 11. | noun | I waited about 20 minutes in the store part before anyone was able to assist me and was then told to pull my car into the shop (that is apparently what you are supposed to do, but the big signs pointing you that way are for some reason kept inside the garage, so you don't see them drving up, and they purposely block the front pull-up that all other Sear's use). | |
| 12. | noun | Three hours of driving has worn me out. Let's pull over at the next rest stop we see. | |
| 13. | noun | She gave a big pull on the rope. | |
| 14. | noun | Tom grabbed Mary's fishing pole to help her pull in the fish. | |
| 15. | noun | The sun exerts a stronger gravitational pull on the moon than does the earth. | |
| 16. | verb | Gravity pulls things toward the center of the earth. | |
| 17. | verb | He pulls down at least twenty million yen a year. | |
| 18. | verb | Only the assumption that the reader - I better say: the prospective reader, because for the moment there is not the slightest prospect, that my writing could see the lights of publicity, - unless it miraculously left our endangered fortress Europe and brought a hint of the secrets of our loneliness to those outside; - I beg to be allowed to begin anew: only because I anticipate the wish to be told casually about the who and what of the writer, I send some few notes on my own individuum out before these openings, - of course not without the awareness that exactly by doing so I might provoke doubts in the reader, that he is in the right hands, which is to say: if I, from all my being, am the right man for a task to which maybe the heart pulls me more than any qualifying relation in character. | |
| 19. | verb | It's the first time I've pulled Taninna's hair just like she pulls mine. | |
| 20. | verb | "The day pulls to a close" is a barbarism, possibly entirely opaque if you fail to recognize it as a translation of "The day draws to a close." | |
| 21. | verb | When it comes to paying out money, the boss pulls a long face. | |
| 22. | verb | Be careful, eyes, what you see, cause it's the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings. | |
| 23. | verb | When a police officer pulls you over for driving in the fast lane, does he have carte blanche to search your cell phone, too? | |
| 24. | verb | I hope Tom pulls through this. | |
| 25. | verb | The black hole pulls the hapless star into its maw. | |
| 26. | verb | He pulls up the duvet. | |
| 27. | verb | Paul Ziemkiewicz pulls off a winding country road at a stream about 45 kilometers east of Morgantown, West Virginia. The water is about as acidic as vinegar, he says. It's "100% fatal" to aquatic life. | |
| 28. | verb | He pulls these pranks all the time. | |
| 29. | verb | I know who pulls the strings. | |
| 30. | verb | As the Moon’s gravity pulls on our oceans, the water is slightly heated, and that energy gets dissipated. This results in the Moon moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| Call me the minute your train pulls in. | |
| As a moon orbits, its gravity pulls on the planet, causing a temporary bulge in the planet as it passes. | |
| The pull up the hill had him breathing harder. |
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| He grabbed the pull and opened the drawer. |
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| The pull of the moon. |
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| The pull of the current. |
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| It was a long pull but we made it. |
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| The chairman's nephew has a lot of pull. |
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| He was sidelined with a hamstring pull. |
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| Until now Pakistan has not facilitated such a return and clearly it cannot happen until there is both a pull from Kabul and a push from Islamabad. |
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| I waited about 20 minutes in the store part before anyone was able to assist me and was then told to pull my car into the shop (that is apparently what you are supposed to do, but the big signs pointing you that way are for some reason kept inside the garage, so you don't see them drving up, and they purposely block the front pull-up that all other Sear's use). |
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| Three hours of driving has worn me out. Let's pull over at the next rest stop we see. | |
| She gave a big pull on the rope. | |
| Tom grabbed Mary's fishing pole to help her pull in the fish. | |
| The sun exerts a stronger gravitational pull on the moon than does the earth. | |
| verb | |
| Gravity pulls things toward the center of the earth. | |
| He pulls down at least twenty million yen a year. | |
| Only the assumption that the reader - I better say: the prospective reader, because for the moment there is not the slightest prospect, that my writing could see the lights of publicity, - unless it miraculously left our endangered fortress Europe and brought a hint of the secrets of our loneliness to those outside; - I beg to be allowed to begin anew: only because I anticipate the wish to be told casually about the who and what of the writer, I send some few notes on my own individuum out before these openings, - of course not without the awareness that exactly by doing so I might provoke doubts in the reader, that he is in the right hands, which is to say: if I, from all my being, am the right man for a task to which maybe the heart pulls me more than any qualifying relation in character. | |
| It's the first time I've pulled Taninna's hair just like she pulls mine. | |
| "The day pulls to a close" is a barbarism, possibly entirely opaque if you fail to recognize it as a translation of "The day draws to a close." | |
| When it comes to paying out money, the boss pulls a long face. | |
| Be careful, eyes, what you see, cause it's the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings. | |
| When a police officer pulls you over for driving in the fast lane, does he have carte blanche to search your cell phone, too? | |
| I hope Tom pulls through this. | |
| The black hole pulls the hapless star into its maw. | |
| He pulls up the duvet. | |
| Paul Ziemkiewicz pulls off a winding country road at a stream about 45 kilometers east of Morgantown, West Virginia. The water is about as acidic as vinegar, he says. It's "100% fatal" to aquatic life. | |
| He pulls these pranks all the time. | |
| I know who pulls the strings. | |
| As the Moon’s gravity pulls on our oceans, the water is slightly heated, and that energy gets dissipated. This results in the Moon moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year. | |