Pull

Definition: Pull

Pull

Noun

1. 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".

2. The force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull of the current".

3. Special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull".

4. A device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and opened the drawer".

5. A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull".

6. A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly".

7. A sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it".

Verb

1. Cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled".

2. Direct toward itself or oneself; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers".

3. Move into a certain direction; of a car; "The van pulled up".

4. Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your kneees towards your chin".

5. Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery".

6. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim".

7. Steer into a certain direction; of a vehicle; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over".

8. Strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition".

9. 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".

10. : operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars".

11. : rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse".

12. : attract or elicit; "The school attracts students with artistic talents"; "His playing drew a crowd"; "The painting fetched more than a million at the auction"; "The star cast pulled many people to the box office".

13. : tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips".

14. : baseball: hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball".

15. : strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon".

16. : draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram".

17. : take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?".

18. : take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pull" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Note: Pull \Pull\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Pulled; Pulling.]. (references)

Computing

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Literature

Mining

Physics

Slang

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Pull

Exertion

Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work,Noun: exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle, spell, spurt, spirt; stroke of work, stitch of work.

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

Influence

Noun: influence; importance; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy; ascendency; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull; authority; capability; (power); effect; interest.

Motive

Persuasibility, persuasibleness; attractability; impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization. influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation; press, instigation; provocation; (excitation of feeling); inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice; solicitation; (request); lobbyism; pull.

Navigation

Ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam.

Printing

Folio; (book); copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise.

Regression

Verb: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow.

Noun: traction; drawing; Verb: draught, pull, haul; rake; "a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together"; towage, haulage.

Superiority

Noun: superiority, majority; greatness; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility; (rank); Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain; crackajack.

Crosswords: Pull

French (pullover, sweater).

Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

Now, now. If there's a problem I simply pull on this string (Stuart Little 2; writing credit: E.B. White; Douglas Wick)

I hope you can pull that off. (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

I pull over and kick your ass out (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

Avi, pull your socks up (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

And gravity won't pull you through (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC)

Putting the ring around the rose n' pull the daisy chain (Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat); performing artist: Aerosmith)

Go on and pull me under (Drowning; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

I'm gaining strength, tying to learn pull my own weight (Too Little Too Late; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

You pull me through (What Kind of Man Would I be?; performing artist: Chicago)

To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose. (references; author: unknown)

The Big Pull (1962)

Pull My Daisy (1958)

Ko-Ko's Big Pull (1928)

A Tough Pull (1920)

Some Pull (1914)

Don't Pull Your Love (performing artist: Joe Frank and Reynolds Hamilton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Night Sounds (Play the Sounds, Pull the Tabs) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Full Pull Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Jonatha Brooke - Steady Pull (reference)

• Taffy Pull (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Pull My Chain (reference)

• Steady Pull (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Proliant ML370 P3-1GHZ 256K 128MB Rack * Pull From BR40 * (reference)

• Server TC4100 P3-1.4GHZ 256MB 3X18.2GB SCSI * Pull From BR97 * (reference)

• Okidata Pull Tractor For Ml320 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Carry-on Pull Over Carrier - Large (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Preparing to pull tooth of large sedated polar bear - Ursus maritimus. Bears were measured and tagged for future study. Teeth were pulled to study age and general health of bears. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Photo # 5 - "Shooting the doors". The "doors" help pull the net down and also spread open the mouth of the net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Photo # 6 - "Shooting the doors". The "doors" help pull the net down and also spread open the mouth of the net. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Tuna purse seiner is deploying net with assistance of workboat which is seen at far end of net. The workboat will pull the net in a circle to capture the tuna. Credit: Fisheries.

Tuna caught with rod and reel and live bait. Man with rod and reel is out of picture to left; men in foreground are helping pull the fish in. Credit: Fisheries.

Master Sgts. Jack Church and Vance Gorham lead the 338th Recruiting Squadron in the Combined Federal Campaign aircraft pull competition recently at the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 338th RCS took top honors, tugging th.

As publicity for Wild Horse and Burro program, adopted wild burros pull wagons on U.S. Highway 20. Credit: Mark Armstrong.

Studebaker K15 engine is used to pull our generators. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

I am Having A Strong Pull Here. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Soldiers pull an ammunition cart along the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, 12 May 1943. One of the LCVPs in the background is from USS Zeilin (APA-3). Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Whether they are herein made the tools of cunninger workmen, to pull down their own fabric, they were best look. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Pearl laughed, and attempted to pull away her hand

They had tried to pull him out, but in vain

He tried to pull on his stocking

But at last its legs waved in the air, reaching for something to pull it over

The adamant was not descended four yards, before the officer felt it drawn so strongly downward that he could hardly pull it back

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The neck may turn or pull involuntarily, especially when tired. (references)

Grasp the tick as close to the skin surface as possible and pull upward with steady, even pressure. (references)

In periodontitis, plaque builds and hardens under the gums. The gums pull away from the teeth, forming "pockets" of infection. (references)

Business

Viewers will be able to pull up a menu on screen and interact with information that is periodically updated and that which they can view without detracting from their picture. (references)

Civil Liberties

Haiti

The attackers forced him to pull over in a nearby gas station, where they kept him at gunpoint and wrote down his identification and press badge numbers. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

When the UUP threatened to pull out of the powersharing Executive in February 2000 over what the UUP charged was the IRA's failure to disarm in accordance with the commitments made in the Belfast Agreement, the British Government suspended Northern Ireland's local governing body. (references)

Hungary

As Hungary began to pull away from the Soviet orbit, the United States offered assistance and expertise to help establish a constitution, a democratic political system, and a plan for a free market economy. (references)

Human Rights

Indonesia

For example, a suspected GAM member told HRW that a joint security force of police, Brimob, and military arrested and blindfolded him on April 2. He said that his interrogators "used pliers to pull the nail off his left thumb, punctured his nose, and caused other scars on his forearm and nipple." Methods of torture documented in the past include beating, whipping, electric shock, and rape. (references)

Political Economy

Bulgaria

The caretaker cabinet moved quickly to stabilize the economy in March 1997 by concluding a $510 million standby arrangement with the IMF to help pull the country out of crisis. (references)

NIGERIA

Many of these stations utilize large satellite dishes and decoders to pull in transmissions for rebroadcast, providing unfair competition for legitimate public and private television stations. (references)

Travel

Costa Rica

When the travelers pull over, "good Samaritans" quickly appear to change the tire and quickly remove valuables from the car. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "pull": a great pull ♦ back pull out pump ♦ be unable to pull ♦ bell pull ♦ clear and pull ♦ demand pull ♦ demand pull inflation ♦ depth of pull ♦ give a pull ♦ give another pull ♦ gravitational pull ♦ have pull ♦ heavy pull upon the purse ♦ leg pull ♦ make pull ♦ make pull faces ♦ pull a boy's ear ♦ pull a cart ♦ pull a face ♦ pull a fast one ♦ pull a fast one on ♦ pull a fast one on smb. ♦ pull a gun on ♦ pull a job ♦ pull a leg ♦ pull a lever ♦ pull a long face ♦ pull a person by the ear ♦ pull a person's hair ♦ pull a tooth ♦ pull a wry face ♦ pull about ♦ pull about one's ears ♦ pull across ♦ pull ahead ♦ pull along ♦ pull alongside ♦ pull an oar ♦ pull apart ♦ pull around ♦ pull at ♦ pull at a bottle ♦ pull at smb.'s heartstrings ♦ pull away ♦ pull away at ♦ pull away from smb. ♦ pull away from the kerb ♦ pull back ♦ pull behind one ♦ pull by ♦ pull chain ♦ pull date ♦ pull dawn ♦ pull down ♦ pull faces ♦ pull for ♦ pull his leg ♦ pull in ♦ pull in one's horns ♦ pull in pieces ♦ pull it ♦ pull media ♦ pull oar ♦ pull of earth ♦ pull of spring ♦ pull off ♦ pull off a coup ♦ pull off one's stockings ♦ pull off smb.'s mask ♦ pull off the gills of fish ♦ pull on ♦ pull one's cap over one's eyes ♦ pull one's leg ♦ pull ones punches ♦ pull one's punches ♦ pull one's weight ♦ pull oneself ♦ pull oneself along ♦ pull oneself in ♦ pull oneself together ♦ pull oneself up ♦ pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps ♦ pull open ♦ pull out ♦ pull out all the pathetic stop ♦ pull out all the stops ♦ pull out of shape ♦ pull out/to ♦ pull over ♦ pull round ♦ pull shovel ♦ pull shut ♦ pull smb. up short ♦ pull smb.'s arm out of its socket ♦ pull smb.'s finger out ♦ pull smb.'s hair ♦ pull smb.'s leg ♦ pull smb.'s teeth ♦ pull someone's leg ♦ pull strings ♦ pull suddenly. Additional references.

Beginning with "pull": pull-ability, pull-along, pull-apart, pull-away, pull-back, pull-backs, pull-chain, pull-cord, pull-down, pull-down list, pull-down menu, pull-downs, pull-forward, pull-free, pull-in, pull-ins, pull-keri-ma, pull-line, pull-me-up, pull-off, pull-offs, pull-on, pull-out, pull-out-and-keep, pull-outs, pull-over, pull-pot, pull-ring, pull-rod, pull-shift, pull-shifting, pull-shot, pull-tab, pull-through, pull-together, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up point, pull-ups, pull-you, pull-your-belts-in.

Ending with "pull": bell-pull.

Containing "pull": bulletin-bullet-bull-pull-football-foot, cost-pull inflation, demand-pull inflation, fans-pull-punkahs-hanging, push-me-pull-you, push-pull amplifier, ring-pull can.

Afrikaans

trek (drag, draw, haul, tug). (various references)

Albanian

përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, push, skirmish, stroke, try, venture, whack), gllënjkë (craving, drachm, draft, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, peg, sip, smack, sup, swallow, swig, thirst, traction), influencë (drag, effect, influence, influenza, reaction), joshë (allure, appeal, bewitchment, charm, glamor, glamour, lure, smell), këpus (break, depauperate, exhaust, pick, pick off, pluck, Tucker), ndikim (clout, drag, effect, hold, impact, influence, interest, reaction, stimulus, sway), dorezë sirtari, nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), zvarris (drag, drag out, lug, procrastinate, temporize, trail), shkel (backslide, break, contravene, disobey, encroach, entrench, evade, go back, impinge, infringe, make inroads into, muscle in, obtrude, offend, outrage, outrun, override, perambulate, poach, press, step, trample, trample down, trample on, transgress, tread, tread on, trouble), shkul (deracinate, drag out, extort, extract, grub, hank, jerk, pluck, pull out, rip out, root up, skein, tear, tear down, tweak, wring, yank), shqyej (disjoint, dismember, lacerate, rend, rip, rip out, rip up, tear), tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, fix, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, tow, traction, tug, withdrawal), thithje (absorption, exhaustion, induction, suck, suction), ndukje (nibble, pluck, yank). (various references)

Arabic 

‏جاذبية (appeal, attraction, attractions, attractiveness, charisma, desire, fascination), ‏شهر مسدسا, ‏أرهق بالملاحقة, ‏أخذ جرعة من شراب, ‏أطلق النار (cannon, discharge, lead, shoot), ‏أفضلية (advantage, bulge, odds, plus, preference, priority, vantage), ‏إقتلع (displace, extirpate, extract, lift, plow, pluck, root, take off, tear, tear out, weed out), ‏إنتزاع (conquering, conquest, elicitation, eviction, exaction, extortion, grab, grabbing, snatching, twitch, yank), ‏شد (chock, drawing, enthral, enthrall, harness, lace, strain, tension, thrill, tighten, twitch), ‏جرعة (dosage, dose, drench, drink, gulp, measure, mouthful, nip, potion, swallow), ‏نفس هواء (breath), ‏جذب (allure, attract, attraction, catch, charm, engage, entice, hale, haul, magnetize, press, rivet, strain, tempt), ‏سحب (call, dash, disengage, draft, drag, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, heave, lug, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, tow, traction, trail, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), ‏تأثير (action, affection, effect, effectiveness, hold, impact, impress, leverage, lobbying, prestige, puissance, tutelage, virtue), ‏تجربة مطبعية, ‏تناول (make, reception, take), ‏حبل حلقة لشد شىء ما, ‏وساطة (intercession, mediation, wherewithal), ‏قلع (gouge, lever, lifting, rip, root, take off), ‏جر (drag, dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, purchase, retrieve, sweeping, tow, traction, trail, train, trill). (various references)

Basque

kendu (pull away to, substract to, take to, tear away to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

плувам (be under way, float, keel, ride, sail, steer, swim), опъвам юздечката, опъвам (bend, draw, set up, strain, stretch, string up, tauten, tighten), арестувам (apprehend, arrest, attach, bring in, bust, impound, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch, rap, restrain, round up, run in, secure, seize, take in, take up), лост на помпа (pump handle), предимство (advantage, antecedence, asset, leg up, pas, plus, precedence, preference, priority, privilege, right of way, score, start, vantage), правя (act, advance, contract, deliver, do, drive, enounce, gargle, lay, leave, make, pay, put forward, put out, run off, strike, transact), притегателна сила, притегляне (adduction, attraction, gravitation, gravity), привличане (attraction, gravitation, invitation, magnetization), привличам (align, allure, appeal, attach, attract, draw on, entice, fetch, inveigle, invite, seduce, whip up), привилегия (franchise, incident, indulgence, perquisite, preference, prerogative, privilege, right), движа се напред, подръпвам (give a pull, hitch, pull at, twitch), отпечатък (impress, impression, imprint, indent, print, print off, reprint, seal, squeeze, stamp, track, type), пипвам (catch, cop, feel, grab, nab, nail, nip, pinch, rap, snag, touch), имам влияние, изскубвам (pluck off, pluck up, tear up), изтеглям (draft, draw, drive up, elongate, pick up, pull out, withdraw), извършвам (achieve, act, bring about, effect, execute, perform, put through, transact, turn off), изваждам (abstract, bring on, bring out, deduct, draw, draw out, drive out, eject, excerpt, extract, fetch, fish out, gouge, knock out, lay out, move out, oust, pick, pick up, put out, subduct, subtract, take away, take from, take out, turn up, uncase, unpin, unship, whip out), издърпвам (hitch, pull up, twitch), дърпане (drag, drawing, haul, heave, lug, tug), дърпам (drag, draw, haul, heave, lug, pluck, pull back, strain at, throw back), дръжка (arm, bail, ear, grip, gripe, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, hold, lever, peduncle, petiole, shank, stem, stock), дръпване на юздите, дръпвам (hitch, jerk, pull at, pull away, pull down, pull in, retract, strike, suck at, tug, tweak, twitch, withdraw), придвижвам се (move on, pull in), шнур (cord, flex, lacing, piping, point, strand, twist), смукване (aspiration, puff), смръкване, разходка с лодка, разтеглям се (distend, stretch), разтеглям (stretch), разкъсвам (bait, dismember, lacerate, pick, rend, rift, rip up, rupture, tear, tear asunder, tear off, tear open, tear up), развличам се (disport), разпарям (rip, rip open, rip up, unpick, unrip, unseam, unstitch, untuck), трудно придвижване, трудно изкачване (clamber), топка отпратена наляво, тегля (drag, draw, haul, have a rough time, lug, pluck, rouse, scale, strike, weigh out, wheel), ограбвам (amass by robbery, fleece, loot, mug, pill, pillage, plunder, prey, rip off), теглителна сила (pulling power, traction), отпечатвам (impress, imprint, open, print, roll off, run, slur, stamp, strike off, throw off), късам (pick, tear), коректура (proof, proof sheet), гребане (boating, canoeing, oarage, oarsmanship, row, rowing), греба (dip, dredge, ladle, oar, pull an oar, rake, row, scoop, shovel), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, dram, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste), глътване, вадя (draw, extract, have out, lift, pull out, take, take out). (various references)

Chinese 

輓 (draw, send funeral ode), 掣 (draw, hinder, obstruct), 挽 (draw, rotten, send funeral ode), 扳 (climb up, to pull or draw), 扒 (climb, cling to, crawl, dig up, hold on to, push aside, rake, snatch, to strip), 扯 (tear, to talk casually), 拉扯 (Pulled, Pulling, pull-off, pull-up), 攀 (climb up), 搐 (lead). (various references)

Czech

tahat (drag, tear, tote), škubnutí (jerk, lurch, pluck, quirk, stab, tug, twinge, twitch, yank), doušek (dram, draught, gulp, sup, swallow, tiff, tope), náraz (blast, bump, hit, impact, incidence, percussion, rush, stroke), opírat se (lean), strhat (flay), škubat za (pull at), táhnout (carry, drag, draw, haul, heave, trail), zatáhnutí (tug), trhnutí (jerk, jolt, pluck, recoil, start, wrench, yank), veslování (rowing), veslovat (row), vléci (drag, drag along, haul, heave, lug across, tow, trail, tug), vliv (clout, drift, effect, hold, influence, leverage), získat (acquire, cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, gain, get, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, raise, score, secure, take, win), táhlo (piston rod, rod). (various references)

Danish

træk (draught, draw, feature, machine effort, pulling, traction), trække (drag, draw, haul, tug). (various references)

Dutch

trekken (attract, bend, design, drag, draw, haul, limp, make a draft, make a stroke, migrate, roam, tow, tug, wander, wander about), rukken (jerk, tug). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

jallmana (to pull weeds). (various references)

Esperanto

tiri (drag, draw, haul, tug), entiri (draw), eltiro, ektiri (jerk, tug). (various references)

Faeroese

hála (drag, draw, haul, tow, tug), draga (drag, draw, haul, tow, tug). (various references)

Farsi 

پشم کندن از, چیدن (Arrange, Clip, Crop, Cut, Lop, Mow, Pare, Pick, Pickup, Pluck, Set, Snip, Trim), کندن (Cutout, Dig, Gouge, Gully, Mine, Peel, Pick, Pluck, Pug, Rend, Scoop, Trench), کشیدن دندان , کشیدن (Chart, Drag, Draw, Drawl, Entrain, Experience, Figure, Hale, Haul, Heave, Lave, Lengthen, Peg, Pluck, Strain, Strap, String, Suffer, Trace, Trawl, Weigh), کشش (Draw, Extension, Haul, Haulage, Inducement, Jerk, Magnetism, Reach, Tension, Tract, Traction, Tug, Twitch), بطرف خودکشیدن . (various references)

Finnish

vetovoima (attraction, gravitational pull, gravity), veto (bet, draught, stroke, traction), vetää (drag, draw, haul, hold, tug). (various references)

French

tirer (pull through, put out), traction (pulling, pull-up, push-up). (various references)

Frisian

tsjen (drag, draw, haul, tug). (various references)

German

ziehen (ache, be draughty, be popular, breed, brew, build, drag, dragging pain, draw, drift, erect, extract, fly, go, go down well, grow, haul, haul up, heave, infuse, lift, lift up, make, March, marinade, migrate, penetrate, process, production, pull out, pulling, raise, remove, sail, simmer, strain, stretch, suck, take out, tear, to pull, traction, trail, transmigrate, tug, twitch, unsheathe, wander, wheel, work out, yank out), zerren (be draughty, drag, jerk, jolt, lug, rip, shake, strain, tear, tear at, tug), Zugkraft (appeal, attraction, efficacy, sell, traction, tractive force, tractive power), Zug (breath, campaign, catch, characteristic, course, draft, drag, draught, drawing, draw-string, drifting, expedition, feature, flight, flock, groove, gulp, haul, lineament, migration, mouthful, move, platoon, procession, puff, section, shoal, slide, stop, strain, streak, stroke, swig, team, tension, touch, traction, train, trait, transmigration, truck and trailer, tug, up draft, up-draught, whiff), verziehen (bring up badly, coddle, drag, draw, forgiven, haul, move away, pamper, pardonned, pet, pucker, pull out of shape, screw up, spoil, stretch, thin out, train badly, tug, twist, vorgiven, warp), reißen (be draughty, crack, drag, draw, jerk, jolt, rend, rent, rip, shake, snap, snatch, tear, to rip, tug, wrench, yank), anziehen (adjust, allure, apply, attract, be popular, boom, clothe, draw, draw up, dress, get on, hardness, jerk, make the first move, pull in, pull tight, put on, rise, screw up, set out, shove on, start moving, start pulling, tighten, to attract, to dress, to tog, tug, wear), Abzug (copy, deduction, departure, discount, hood, moving away, outlet, print, subtraction, trigger, vent, withdrawal). (various references)

Greek 

έλξη (affinity, attraction, lure, traction), αποσπώ (abstract, break off, detach, distract, elicit, extort, extract, pluck, pry, tease out, unfix, wean 1, wean 2, wrench, wrest, wring), τραβώ (appeal, appeal to, attract, draw, haul, lug, pluck, plunk, wrest). (various references)

Hebrew 

למתוח (kid, spoof, sprain, strain, stretch, tauten), למשוך (attract, drag, draw, extend, strain, stretch, tempt, tow), למרוט (pluck, polish, sharpen), למרט (buff, pluck, smooth), לגרור (drag, draw, grate, haul, involve, tow, trail, tug), לסחוב (cart, drag, draw, haul, lug), פרוטקציה (favouritism, nepotism, protection pill, vitamin p), השפעה (effect, hold, influence, leverage, swaying). (various references)

Hungarian

slukk (drag, godown, gulp, hit, puff, snort, swill), húzás (cut, dash, drag, draught, draw, drawing out, gambit, haul, haulage, hitch, obliteration, ploy, pulling, traction, tug), fogantyú (arm, crank, ear, grip, haft, handhold, handle, holder, horn, knob, lever, loop). (various references)

Indonesian

mencatut (cheat, swindle), mencabutkan (extract), mencabut (abrogate, depriviate, draw, jiggle, pull out, rescind, revoke, unsheathe), ganggut (tug), cemat. (various references)

Inuktitut

nusukpaa (to pull). (various references)

Irish

tarraing. (various references)

Italian

tirare (be tight, blow, draft, drag, draught, draw, feel tight, haul, heave, land, lug, pluck, shoot, stretch, tend, throw, tighten, to pull, tug, twitch, wheel), demolire (abate, break down, break up, demolish, disestablish, pull apart, pull down, scrap, shake, shoot down, take, take down, tear down). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

牽引 (drag, hauling, tow), プリント配線 (heartbeat, Pluto, plutonium, printed wiring, proof, pull tab, pull-down, pullover, pulse, snowplow), コップの中の嵐 (clicking, cobalt, cobalt blue, cobalt green, cognac, cohabitation, connect, Connecticut, connection, connectionism, connectionist, connectionist-model, connector, connotation, cottage, cottage cheese, drumming, Fujiyama-shaped volcano, laboriously, oven, steadily, storm in a teacup, unflaggingly, untiringly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プル , コネ (connection), けんいん (drag, hauling, seal of approval, tow). (various references)

Korean 

잡아당기기. (various references)

Manx

tayrn (brew of tea; designing, brew; designing, carry, carrying, cart; get out; draw, deracinate, describe; attract, draft, drag, draw along, drawing, haul, haulage, heave, hitch, induce; tap, induce; tap as barrel, lure, pluck, pulling, suction, tow, towing, trace, tracing; quartering, trawl, tug, tugging, yank), snapperal (stumble, stumbling, trip, tripping, tripping stumbling). (various references)

Maori

too-ia (to pull). (various references)

Maya

kool (to pull). (various references)

Occitan

desrasigar (pull away, tear away), arrancar (pull away, tear away). (various references)

Papiamen

trèk (drag, draw, haul, tug), hala (drag, draw, haul, tug). (various references)

Pig Latin

ullpay.(various references)

Polish

wydobyć (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter). (various references)

Portuguese

tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disbud, doff, drag out, force, get, get off, haul, iron out, lay hold of, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull off, pull out, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take away, take off, take out, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest), puxar (drag, drag out, draw, drew, hale, haul, lug, to pull, trail, tug, twitch, wiredrawn). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

puxar (to pull). (various references)

Romanian

plimbare cu barca (boating, row), zmuci, tragere (draught, draw, drawing, gunnery, gunning, pluck, running, shooting, tug), trage (absorb, booze, come, drag, drag in, drag out, draw, evolve, extract, fetch, fire, guzzle, haul, heave, hitch, lie, lug, pluck, pop, pull up, rub, screw, shoot, strike off, suffer, tipple, toll, tug, worry), smulge (carry away, draw out, elicit, extirpate, extort, pick off, pull up, rend away, rend off, Rive, snatch, squeeze, tear out, uproot, worm out of, wrest, wring, yank), rupe (break, break off, break smth. in pieces, cull, declare off, dismember, disrupt, gather, lacerate, open, pull apart, rend, rift, rip, scatter, separate, sever, snap, splinter, split, stop, tear, uproot), gât (gorge, journal, neck, ravine, scrag, sip, spout, swallow, throat), extrage (abstract, draw, extract, Leach, mine, produce, win), extinde (delocalize, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, improve, protract, push, spread, stretch, widen), duce (bear, blow away, bring, carry, convey, deliver, die, drive, duke, fare, fool, go, guide, kid, lead, live, outsmart, palm off, prosecute, push, support, take, tend, wage, wear), corecturã în şpalt, cãra (bear, carry, haul, take, transport), atracţie (amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charm, draw, endearment, enticement, fancy, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, mind, seduction), întinde (arrange, couch, dilate, draw, expand, extend, fling out, hang, lay on, lengthen, outspread, outstretch, pull up, reach, set, sprawl, spread, stretch, strew, tauten, tighten, widen), înghiţiturã (drain, dram, draught, drink, go, gulp, sip, sup, swallow, swig). (various references)

Romansch

trair (to pull). (various references)

Romany

tsìdav (to pull). (various references)

Russian 

тянуть (drag, drag out, draw, extend, haul, heave, protract, pulled, round in, tote, tug). (various references)

Scottish

tarruing (attract; v.n. drawing, draw, drawing, pulling, ship's), dragh (annoyance, bother, draw, trouble, tug), cnab. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

privlačnost (attraction, attractiveness, lure, prettiness), povući (disaffirm, draw off, keep back, recall, retire, scratch, take, take back, withdraw), povlačiti,