Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pull \Pull\, n.
   1. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to
      move something by drawing toward one.

            I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which
            was fastened at the top of my box.    --Swift.

   2. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. --Carew.

   3. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. [Poetic]

            Two pulls at once; His lady banished, and a limb
            lopped off.                           --Shak.

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

   5. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. [Colloq.]

   6. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or
      the mug. [Slang] --Dickens.

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

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

            The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad
            cricket.                              --R. A.
                                                  Proctor.

Pull \Pull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pulling}.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall,
   piol, spiol.]
   1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

            Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.  --Shak.

            He put forth his hand . . . and pulled her in.
                                                  --Gen. viii.
                                                  9.

   2. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.

            He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
            pieces; he hath made me desolate.     --Lam. iii.
                                                  11.

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

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

   5. (Horse Racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning;
      as, the favorite was pulled.

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

   7. (Cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. See
      {Pull}, n., 8.

            Never pull a straight fast ball to leg. --R. H.
                                                  Lyttelton.

   {To pull and haul}, to draw hither and thither. `` Both are
      equally pulled and hauled to do that which they are unable
      to do. '' --South.

   {To pull down}, to demolish; to destroy; to degrade; as, to
      pull down a house. `` In political affairs, as well as
      mechanical, it is easier to pull down than build up.''
      --Howell. `` To raise the wretched, and pull down the
      proud.'' --Roscommon.

   {To pull a finch}. See under {Finch}.

   {To pull off}, take or draw off.

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

   {To pull apart}, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope
      will pull apart.

   {To pull up}, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.

   {To pull through}, to come successfully to the end of a
      difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.

Source : WordNet®

pull
     n 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" [syn:
           {pulling}]
     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" [syn: {clout}]
     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" [syn: {wrench}, {twist}]
     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" [syn: {puff}, {drag}]
     7: a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it"

pull
     v 1: cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon";
          "pull a sled" [syn: {draw}, {force}] [ant: {push}]
     2: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some
        psychological power or physical attributes; "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" [syn: {attract}, {pull in}, {draw}, {draw
        in}] [ant: {repel}]
     3: move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right"
     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" [syn: {perpetrate},
         {commit}]
     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" [syn: {draw}, {pull out}, {get
        out}, {take out}]
     7: steer into a certain direction; "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" [syn: {overstretch}]
     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: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
         bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: {rend},
          {rip}, {rive}]
     13: hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying
         through the swing; "pull the ball"
     14: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
          {pluck}, {tear}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}]
     15: 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" [syn: {extract}, {pull out}, {pull up}, {take
         out}, {draw out}]
     16: 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?" [syn: {side}, {root}]
     17: take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket
         shelf"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

pull
     
        {pull media}