Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.
Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to dr...
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To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.).
to pull fruit from a tree
To attract or net; to pull in.
Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies.
An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant.
An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing.
The hypnotist exerted a pull over his patients.