n
The amount of force that must be applied to a control before it starts to move.
v
To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
v
(metaphoric) To startle or interrupt (someone), causing them to stop or reevaluate what they are doing.
v
Alternative form of light a fire under [(idiomatic, transitive) To motivate or encourage (someone) to start sooner or move faster.]
v
(computing, programming, transitive) To eliminate by means of a cast operation.
adj
Alternative spelling of castoff [discarded, rejected.]
v
To depart for another place; make a move; set off.
v
To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane, trolley, streetcar or spaceship.
v
(rail transport, intransitive) To exit from a train; to disembark
n
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
v
(transitive) To get into a course of action by forceful means.
v
To pull out, unsheathe (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
v
Alternative form of pull in one's horns [(idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.]
v
To advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
v
Alternative form of pull in one's horns [(idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.]
v
To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.
n
The act by which something is fetched.
v
(transitive) To excite; to infuse with energy.
v
(idiomatic) To stop suddenly and unexpectedly.
v
(transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
v
To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To motivate or encourage (someone) to start sooner or move faster.
v
(masonry, brickmaking) To carry off from the moulding-table and place on the ground to dry.
v
(transitive) To stop with a pawl.
v
(idiomatic) To corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.
v
US standard spelling of plough through. [To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.]
v
(transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
v
To root for, support, or encourage (someone).
v
Alternative form of pull out of the fire [(transitive, idiomatic) To save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.]
v
(literally, transitive) To pull something, so that it comes inside.
v
(idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.
v
(transitive) To put on (clothes) by tugging.
v
(idiomatic) To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.
v
(Internet, computing) To submit a pull request.
n
The time when something should pull.
v
(idiomatic, Britain) To admonish or criticize someone for their actions.
v
(figuratively) To cease doing something, at least for the day.
v
To stop allowing people to join or enter; to follow a policy of isolationism.
n
(informal) someone who pulls out, or pulls out something.
n
(typography) Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”)
n
Alternative form of pull through [A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.]
v
(informal, literally) To make a vehicle go faster; accelerate.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.
v
(of a machine) To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.
adj
That operates by sliding out of some other element.
n
(medicine) A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb.
v
(transitive) To exert one's influence secretly.
v
(transitive) To deliver forcefully.
v
(intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To leave the ground during takeoff.
n
(military, slang) A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To exert an influence on (others) that is felt but not seen.
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