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.

synonym: pulling.

Roget 615: motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.    reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile [Lat.], keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee [Fr.]; intention etc. 620.    inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation^†, allective^†; temptation, enticement, agacerie^†, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell etc. 993; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.    persuasibility^†, persuasibleness^†; attractability^†; impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization^†.    influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation; press, instigation; provocation etc. (excitation of feeling) 824; inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice etc. 695; solicitation etc. (request) 765; lobbyism; pull [Slang].    incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus^†, rowel, provocative, whet, dram.    bribe, lure; decoy, decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery and corruption; sop, sop for Cerberus.    prompter, tempter; seducer, seductor^†; instigator, firebrand, incendiary; Siren, Circe; agent provocateur; lobbyist.    ... show more

Roget 686: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt^†; stroke of work, stitch of work.    a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;" dead lift; heft; gymnastics; exercise, exercitation^†; wear and tear; ado; toil and trouble; uphill work, hard work, warm work; harvest time.    labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink^†, drudgery, slavery, fagging^†, hammering; limae labor [Lat.]; industry, industriousness, operoseness^†, operosity^†.    trouble, pains, duty; resolution etc. 604; energy etc. (physical) 171.    ... show more

Roget 591: printing; block printing, type-printing; plate printing etc. 558 (engraving); the press etc. (publication) 531; composition.    print, letterpress, text; context, note, page, column.    typography; stereotype, electrotype, aprotype^†; type, black letter, font, fount; pi, pie; capitals etc. (letters) 561; brevier^†, bourgeois, pica boldface &c., capitals, caps.   , catchword; composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick; italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype; lower case, upper case; make-up, matrix, matter, monotype^†; [point system], 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work; reglet^†, roman; running head, running title; scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay.    folio etc. (book) 593; copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise.    printer, compositor, reader; printer's devil copyholder.    ... show more

Roget 285: traction; drawing etc. v.; draught, pull, haul; rake; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together;" towage^†, haulage.   

Roget 33: superiority, majority; greatness etc. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility etc. (rank) 875; Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares [Lat.], nulli secundus [Lat.], captain; crackajack [U.S.].    supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; trikumia [Gr.], climax; culmination etc. (summit) 210; transcendence; ne plus ultra [Lat.]; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus etc. (remainder) 40; (redundancy) 641.    ... show more

Roget 175: influence; importance etc. 642; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy^†; ascendency^†; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull [Slang]; authority etc. 737; capability etc. (power) 157; effect etc. 154; interest.    synergy (cooperation) 709.    footing; purchase etc. (support) 215; play, leverage, vantage ground.    tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices.    ... show more

The force used in pulling.

Special advantage or influence:
— The chairman's nephew has a lot of pull.

synonym: clout.

Polish: siła przebicia

A device used for pulling something.

Dutch: trekker
Polish: odsuwacz

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments:
— He was sidelined with a hamstring pull.

synonyms: twist, wrench.

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).

synonyms: drag, puff.

Dutch: haal, hijs, trek

A sustained effort.

Cause to move by pulling:
— Pull a sled.

synonym: draw.

Roget 285: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow.    wrench, jerk, twitch, touse^†; yank [U.S.].    ... show more

Roget 267: sail; put to sea etc. (depart) 293; take ship, get under way; set sail, spread sail, spread canvas; gather way, have way on; make sail, carry sail; plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean; walk the waters.    navigate, warp, luff^†, scud, boom, kedge; drift, course, cruise, coast; hug the shore, hug the land; circumnavigate.    ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam.    swim, float; buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer [Fr.], dive, wade.    fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket; take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight; wing one's flight, wing one's way; aviate; parachute, jump, glide.    ... show more

Roget 686: exert oneself; exert one's energies, tax one's energies; use exertion.    labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through, strive, stretch a long arm; pull, tug, ply; ply the oar, tug at the oar; do the work; take the laboring oar bestir oneself (be active) 682; take trouble, trouble oneself.    work hard; rough it; put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm; fall to work, bend the bow; buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel etc. (resolution) 604; work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver; labor day and night, work day and night; redouble one's efforts; do double duty; work double hours, work double tides; sit up, burn the candle at both ends; stick to etc. (persevere) 604.1; work one's way, fight one's way, lay about one, hammer at.    take pains; do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost; give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power; use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor; try one's best, try one's utmost; play one's best card; put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost; have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve; spare no efforts, spare no pains; go all lengths; go through fire and water etc. (resolution) 604; move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned.    ... show more

Dutch: sluiten, tekenen, putten, voorttrekken, slepen, meeslepen, meesleuren, trekken

Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes:
— The ad pulled in many potential customers.
— This pianist pulls huge crowds.

synonyms: attract, draw, draw in, pull in.

Dutch: intrekken

Move into a certain direction.

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.

Dutch: ruk, trekken

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation:
— Pull a bank robbery.

synonyms: commit, perpetrate.

Dutch: begaan, plegen

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

synonyms: draw, get out, pull out, take out.

Steer into a certain direction.

Strain abnormally:
— I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up.
— The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition.

synonym: overstretch.

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.

synonym: draw.

Dutch: trekken

Operate when rowing a boat.

Rein in to keep from winning a race.

Tear or be torn violently:
— Pull the cooked chicken into strips.

synonyms: rend, rip, rive.

Dutch: scheuren

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

Strip of feathers:
— Pull a chicken.

synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, tear.

Dutch: pluimen, plukken

Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense:
— Pull weeds.

synonyms: draw out, extract, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out.

Dutch: zich terugtrekken, optrekken

Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for:
— I'm pulling for the underdog.

synonym: root for.

Take away.