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  • 41pull — To remove sorted mail from distribution cases and other containers for transport to the next point of handling. (Also called sweep) …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 42pull- — *pull germ.?, Substantiv: nhd. Junges, Hühnchen, Küken; ne. chicken; Rekontruktionsbasis: ahd.; Interferenz: Lehnwort lat. lat. pullīnārius; Etymologie: s. lat …

    Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • 43pull up — [v] stop, halt arrive, brake, bring up, come to a halt, come to a stop, draw up, fetch up, get there, haul up, pause, reach a standstill; concepts 119,121,159 Ant. continue, go …

    New thesaurus

  • 44pull-up — or pullup [pool′up΄] n. an exercise in which a person chins himself or herself …

    English World dictionary

  • 45pull — pull1 W1S1 [pul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move something towards you)¦ 2¦(remove)¦ 3¦(make something follow you)¦ 4¦(take something out)¦ 5¦(clothing)¦ 6¦(move your body)¦ 7¦(muscle)¦ 8 pull strings 9 pull the/somebody s strings …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46pull — pull1 [ pul ] verb *** ▸ 1 move someone/something toward you ▸ 2 remove something attached ▸ 3 move body with force ▸ 4 injure muscle ▸ 5 take gun/knife out ▸ 6 move window cover ▸ 7 make someone want to do something ▸ 8 get votes ▸ 9 suck smoke… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48pull — I UK [pʊl] / US verb Word forms pull : present tense I/you/we/they pull he/she/it pulls present participle pulling past tense pulled past participle pulled *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move someone or something towards you using your hands …

    English dictionary

  • 49pull — [[t]p ʊl[/t]] ♦♦ pulls, pulling, pulled 1) VERB When you pull something, you hold it firmly and use force in order to move it towards you or away from its previous position. [V n with adv] They have pulled out patients teeth unnecessarily... [V n …

    English dictionary

  • 50pull — /pʊl / (say pool) verb (t) 1. to draw or haul towards oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sledge up a hill. 2. to draw or tug at with force: to pull a person s hair. 3. to draw, rend, or tear… …