| bellpull | (noun) a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc. | - |
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| pull | (noun) the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you | Synonyms: pulling |
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| (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, puff |
| (noun) a sustained effort | - |
| (noun) a device used for pulling something | - |
| (noun) special advantage or influence | Synonyms: clout |
| (noun) the force used in pulling | - |
| (noun) a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments | Synonyms: twist, wrench |
| (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: overstretch |
| (verb) take away | - |
| (verb) take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for | Synonyms: root for, side with |
| (verb) cause to move by pulling | Synonyms: draw |
| (verb) tear or be torn violently | Synonyms: rend, rip, rive |
| (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: attract, draw, draw in, pull in |
| (verb) hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing | - |
| (verb) apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion | - |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, tear |
| (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, extract, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
| (verb) steer into a certain direction | - |
| (verb) move into a certain direction | - |
| (verb) operate when rowing a boat | - |
| (verb) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | Synonyms: draw, get out, pull out, take out |
| (verb) rein in to keep from winning a race | - |
| (verb) cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw |
| (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | Synonyms: commit, perpetrate |