To draw or try to draw forcibly or with effort; drag; haul; tug: opposed to push: generally with an adverb of direction, as up, down, on, off, out, back, etc.: as, to pull a chair back; to pull down a flag; to pull a bucket out of a well; to pull off one's coat.To pluck; gather by hand: as, to pull flax; to pull flowers.To draw in such a way as to rend or tear; draw apart; rip; rend: followed by some qualifying word or phrase, such as asunder, in pieces, apart: also used figuratively.To extract; draw, as a tooth or a cork.To agitate, move, or propel by tugging, rowing, etc.: as, to pull a bell; to pull a boat.To transport by rowing: as, to pull a passenger across the bay.In printing, to produce on a printing-press worked by hand; hence, to take or obtain by impression in any way: as, to pull a proof.To bring down; reduce; abate.To pluck; fleece; cheat.In tanning, to remove the wool from (sheepskins), or the hair from (hides).To steal; filch.To make a descent upon for the purpose of breaking up; raid; seize: as, to pull a gambling-house: said of police.In horse-racing, to check or hold back (a horse) in order to keep it from winning: as, the jockey was suspected of pulling the horse.To subvert; overthrow; demolish.To abase; humble; degrade.To take to task; administer reproof or admonition to; put a check upon.To arrest and take before a court of justice.To bring to a stop by means of the reins: as, to pull up a horse when driving or riding.To stop or arrest in any course of conduct, especially in a bad course. Synonyms To drag.To gather.To give a pull; tug; draw with strength and force: as, to pull at a rope.n. The exercise of drawing power; effort exerted in hauling; a tug; drawing power or action; force expended in drawing.n. Exercise in rowing; an excursion in a row-boat: as, to have a pull after dinner.n. A contest; a struggle.n. That which is pulled. Specifically — The lever of a counter-pump or beer-pull.n. The knob and stem of a door-bell; a bell pull.n. Influence; advantageous hold or claim on some one who has influence: as, to have a pull with the police; he has a pull on the governor.n. A favorable chance; an advantage: as, to have the pull over one.n. A drink; a swig: as, to have a pull at the brandy-bottle.n. In printing, a single impression made by one pull of the bar of a hand-press.In cricket, to hit (a short ball pitched on the wicket or on the off side), with a horizontal bat, so as to send (it) round to the on siden. In cricket, a stroke made with a horizontal bat, by which a short ball pitched on the wicket or to the off side is hit round to the on side.n. In golf, a stroke such that the ball describes a curve toward the left with a right-handed player, or toward the right with a left-handed player. See also hook, 10.