Pull vs. Strings

Pullinterjection

(sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

Pullnoun

An act of pulling (applying force)

Pullnoun

An attractive force which causes motion towards the source

Pullnoun

Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope

Pullnoun

Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.

Pullnoun

Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star)

Pullnoun

The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology

Pullnoun

A journey made by rowing

Pullnoun

(dated) A contest; a struggle.

Pullnoun

Loss or violence suffered.

Pullnoun

(slang) The act of drinking.

Pullnoun

(cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

Pullnoun

(golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.

Pullverb

To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.

Pullverb

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.

Pullverb

To attract or net; to pull in.

Pullverb

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

Pullverb

To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.

Pullverb

(transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.

Pullverb

To do or perform.

Pullverb

(transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.

Pullverb

To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.

Pullverb

(intransitive) To row.

Pullverb

(transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).

Pullverb

To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.

Pullverb

To score a certain amount of points in a sport.

Pullverb

(horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.

Pullverb

To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.

Pullverb

To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)

Pullverb

(UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.

Pullverb

To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

Pullverb

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

Pullverb

To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

Pullverb

To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch.

Pullverb

To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar.

Pullverb

To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the favorite was pulled.

Pullverb

To take or make, as a proof or impression; - hand presses being worked by pulling a lever.

Pullverb

To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n., 8.

Pullverb

To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.

Pullnoun

The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.

Pullnoun

A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull.

Pullnoun

A pluck; loss or violence suffered.

Pullnoun

A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull.

Pullnoun

The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river.

Pullnoun

The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the mug.

Pullnoun

Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull.

Pullnoun

A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.

Pullnoun

the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you;

Pullnoun

the force used in pulling;

Pullnoun

special advantage or influence;

Pullnoun

a device used for pulling something;

Pullnoun

a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

Pullnoun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

Pullnoun

a sustained effort;

Pullverb

cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Pullverb

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes;

Pullverb

move into a certain direction;

Pullverb

apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion;

Pullverb

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

Pullverb

bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover;

Pullverb

steer into a certain direction;

Pullverb

strain abnormally;

Pullverb

cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense;

Pullverb

operate when rowing a boat;

Pullverb

rein in to keep from winning a race;

Pullverb

tear or be torn violently;

Pullverb

hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing;

Pullverb

strip of feathers;

Pullverb

draw or pull out, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense;

Pullverb

take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for;

Pullverb

take away;

Stringsnoun

(music) Collectively, the stringed instruments in an orchestra.

Stringsnoun

(figuratively) Conditions, especially undesirable ones.

Stringsnoun

the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments