pull

Everyday

1. To pull is to move something toward you by holding it. You pull a wagon or pull a door open. tree →
2. To pull out or pull up is to take something out: pull weeds, pull a tooth, pull a card from a pile. tree →
3. A pull is a force that draws things closer, like the pull of a magnet or of gravity. tree →
4. A vehicle pulls in, out or over when it moves to the side or stops. tree →

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 →
• She pulls 3 red marbles out of the bag. tree →
• A horse pulls a cart with 40 bags of grain. tree →
• How many weeds did they pull in all? tree →
• Gravity pulls the apple down to the ground. tree →
• The magnet pulls the paper clips toward it. tree →
• The door says «pull», not «push». tree →
• The car pulled over to let the ambulance pass. tree →
• Are you pulling my leg? tree →
• The Queen pulled off her shoes. tree →

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 →
• And I will thrust thee from thy post, and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. (Prophets ISA.22.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →

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.