[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pull/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / pull # pull verb (pull, pulls, pulled, pulling); noun (a pull, pulls) «pull» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To pull is to move something toward you by holding it. You pull a wagon or pull a door open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#m1) 2. To pull out or pull up is to take something out: pull weeds, pull a tooth, pull a card from a pile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#m2) 3. A pull is a force that draws things closer, like the pull of a magnet or of gravity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#m3) 4. A vehicle pulls in, out or over when it moves to the side or stops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths: an action in the story: pulling weeds, pulling a wagon, pulling cards or marbles out of a bag; a thing pulled out is usually taken away from what is left. In science: forces are pushes and pulls; gravity pulls things down; magnets pull iron. In everyday life: «pull» signs on doors; «pull over». In stories: «pull yourself together», «pull someone's leg» (joke). ### Examples - Sam pulls 12 weeds in the morning and 9 more in the afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x1) - She pulls 3 red marbles out of the bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x2) - A horse pulls a cart with 40 bags of grain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x3) - How many weeds did they pull in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x4) - Gravity pulls the apple down to the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x5) - The magnet pulls the paper clips toward it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x6) - The door says «pull», not «push». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x7) - The car pulled over to let the ambulance pass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x8) - Are you pulling my leg? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x9) - The Queen pulled off her shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/#x10) ### Note Pulling out of a bag or box takes things away from the bag; pulling weeds or carrots counts how many were done, often added up. Trap: things pulled out of a bag are fewer in the bag but more in the hand. Opposite: push. In science a pull is a force measured in newtons. «Pull someone's leg» means tease or joke, not hurt. ## In Jewish tradition In maths: an action in the story: pulling weeds, pulling a wagon, pulling cards or marbles out of a bag; a thing pulled out is usually taken away from what is left. In science: forces are pushes and pulls; gravity pulls things down; magnets pull iron. In everyday life: «pull» signs on doors; «pull over». In stories: «pull yourself together», «pull someone's leg» (joke). ### Examples - He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate. (Writings LAM.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pull/#x1) - And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pull/#x2) - And also pull out some for her of purpose from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.' (Writings RUT.2.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pull/#x3) ### Note Pulling out of a bag or box takes things away from the bag; pulling weeds or carrots counts how many were done, often added up. Trap: things pulled out of a bag are fewer in the bag but more in the hand. Opposite: push. In science a pull is a force measured in newtons. «Pull someone's leg» means tease or joke, not hurt. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «pull» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pull/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pull» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pull.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «pull» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pull/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«pull» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pull.html) on Mova free.