1. ASUNDER, ADV., ORIG. PHR.
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{dag}1. In or into a position apart or separate; apart.

    2. Of two or more things: Apart or separate from each other:    a.
in position.

    b. in direction or motion.

    3. Apart from each other in character, or in one's judgement or
consideration; separately as objects of thought. to know asunder: to
distinguish. arch.

    4. Of one thing: Into separate parts; in two, in pieces; esp. with
break, burst, cut, rend, tear, etc.

2. ASUNDER, V.
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Obs.

    To put asunder, separate, divide.

3. PULL, V.
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I. In senses akin to pluck.

    1. trans. To pluck or take away (anything) by force from where it
grows or is set or attached; = PLUCK v. 1.    a. To pluck or draw out
(feathers, hair, etc.). Obs. or dial.

    b. To pluck or draw up by the root (plants, e.g. turnips, carrots,
flax). See also pull up (35b).

    c. To pluck, gather, cull, pick (fruit, flowers, or leaves) from the
trees or plants on which they grow. Now chiefly Sc. (pu', pou, pow).

    {dag}d. To gather or collect (other produce). Obs.

    e. intr. To bear or admit of plucking or pulling.

    f. trans. To extract (a tooth). U.S.

    2. trans.    a. to pull caps: to snatch or pull off one another's
caps; hence, to scuffle, to quarrel: see CAP n.1 9. So to pull wigs.

    b. To snatch, steal, filch. slang.

    {dag}3.    a. trans. and intr. Cards. To draw a card from the pack;
hence fig. to pull for prime (also to pull prime), to draw for a card or
cards which will make the player `prime'. (Cf. PLUCK v. 2d, PRIME n.2
9.) In last quot., to draw lots. Obs.

    b. trans. To draw or to be assigned (a task or position); to carry
out (a duty). U.S.

    4. intr. To snatch or tear at something; spec. of a hawk: To tear or
pluck at food; to feed by snatches.

    5. a. trans. By metathesis of object: To strip (a bird) of feathers,
or {dag}(a sheep or other beast) of wool or the like (obs.), by
plucking; = PLUCK v. 5. Now rare or dial.

  to pull a crow with another: see CROW n.1 3b.

    b. In Tanning, To remove the hair or wool from (hides or skins) with
a pulling-knife; also, in Hat-making, To free (fur) from the long hairs.

    6.    {dag}a. fig. (or in fig. phrases). To strip (a person) of his
property or money; to fleece; to despoil, rob, plunder, cheat; = PLUCK
v. 6. to pull a finch, pigeon, plover, etc., to fleece a simple or
unsuspecting person: see the ns. Obs.

    b. To seize (someone's belongings); to recall or rescind (a
document). Also absol.

    II. To draw with force; to move or try to move or remove by such
action.

    7. a. trans. To exert upon (anything) a force that tends to snatch,
draw, or drag it away; to drag or tug at.

    b. to pull by the ear, nose, sleeve, etc., orig. perh. to draw or
move by pulling at these parts; subseq. to gain attention, or to inflict
corporal chastisement or insult, by such means. Phr. to pull one's coat:
(see quot. 1946) (U.S. Blacks).

    c. to pull a bell: to pull the bell-rope or handle in order to ring
the bell; so to pull a punkah (i.e. its rope).

    d. to pull (also draw) one's leg: see LEG 2. to pull the long-bow:
see LONG-BOW 2. In imp. phr. pull the other one, (it's got bells on it)
and varr., a statement of disbelief implying suspicion that `one's leg
is being pulled'.

    e. to pull the strings, wires: see the ns.

    f. To draw or fire (a gun). Const. on. Also absol. U.S.

    g. To stretch and draw (sugar candy, etc.) until it is ready to set.
orig. U.S.

    h. To strain (a muscle or tendon) by abnormal exertion.

    8. a. To draw, drag, or haul with force or effort towards oneself
(or into some position so viewed or pictured); generally with an adv. or
phrase expressing direction. For use with particular advbs., see senses
21-35.

    b. to pull in or to pieces, etc., to separate the parts of
(anything) forcibly; to destroy, demolish; in Bookbinding, simply, to
pull; also fig. to analyse and criticize unfavourably; = pick to pieces
(PICK v.1 11). to pull an old house on one's head: see HOUSE n.1 19.

    9. a. intr. To perform the action of pulling; to exert drawing,
dragging, or tugging force. Often with at = sense 7. Also fig.

    b. spec. Of a horse: To strain (esp. habitually and persistently)
against the bit.

    c. To struggle, wrestle; to exert oneself, work hard. Cf. PULL n.2
3. rare.

    d. Phr. pull devil, pull baker ({dag}parson); pull dog, pull cat, an
incitement to effort in a contest between two persons or parties for the
possession of something; hence as n. denoting such a struggle; also
attrib.

  The origin of pull devil, pull baker, is unascertained.

    e. To move, go, go on, or proceed by pulling or by some exertion of
force; cf. 29d.

    f. transf. Of the engine of a motor vehicle: to afford (adequate)
propulsive force; hence, by metonymy, of the vehicle itself.

    {dag}10.    a. trans. To take away forcibly or with difficulty; to
tear off, to wrench away. Obs.

    {dag}b. Arith. To subtract. Obs.

    11. fig.    a. To draw or move by force or influence other than
physical; to bring forcibly into or out of some state or condition. Now
rare or Obs.

    {dag}b. To bring or draw (evil, calamity) upon. Obs. (superseded by
DRAW v. 31).

    c. intr. To exert influence or `root' for (a person, etc.); to
sympathize with, favour. Chiefly N. Amer.

    d. trans. To attract (custom); to secure (patronage). Freq. absol.

    e. N.Z. (See quot. 1933.)

    f. To earn (a wage or salary). See also pull down (sense 25f) and
pull in (sense 26b). colloq.

    g. coarse slang. To pick up a partner (for sexual purposes); spec.
to copulate with. So to pull a train, to copulate successively with more
than one partner.

    12. a. To take a draught or drink of (liquor); to draw or suck (a
draught of liquor) into the mouth; to drink from (a vessel); also to
pull off. Also absol.

  [Perhaps orig. suggested by Du., LG. pull-en, EFris. püll-en to drink
(esp. from a jug or bottle), to tipple, f. obs. Du. pulle (mod. pul),
LG. pulle, EFris. pülle, pül a jug, stone bottle, held by continental
etymologists to be a shortening of MDu. ampulle AMPUL; but evidently
viewed in Eng. as a sense of the native vb.: cf. PULL n.2 5.]

    b. intr. To draw or suck at (a pipe, cigar, etc.). Also const. on.

    c. trans. To draw (beer) from a keg, etc., by means of a pump or
tap.

    13. trans. Uses implying an adv.    {dag}a. = pull down (25) (obs.).    b.
= pull off (27a).

    III. In technical senses, with specific objects expressed or
understood.

    14. trans. Printing. In the old hand-press, To draw (the bar of the
press) towards one, so as to press down the platen upon the sheet or
forme; also intr. or absol. Hence, To print upon (a sheet) or from (a
forme) in this way; to make or take (an impression, proof, or copy) by
printing; to print off.

    15. a. intr. or absol. To pull an oar so as to move a boat; to row;
to transport or convey oneself in a boat; to proceed by rowing.

    b. trans. To pull (an oar or sculls); hence, to row, to propel (a
boat) by rowing; to transport or convey in a boat by rowing.

  to pull one's weight, to row with effect in proportion to one's
weight; also fig., to perform one's share of work, to take one's share
of responsibility; also to pull weight. to pull stroke: see STROKE n.

    c. Of a boat:    (a) intr. with passive sense, to be pulled or
rowed.    (b) trans. to pull (so many) oars, to be fitted for, or be
rowed with (so many) oars.

    16. trans. To arrest in the name of justice. Also, to make a raid on
(a gambling house, etc.). slang. Cf. pull up (35d) and pull in (sense
26e).

    17. a. Racing. To hold in or check (a horse), esp. so as to cause it
to lose in a race. Also absol. In quot. 1906 fig. to check, keep back.

    b. Boxing. In phr. to pull one's punches, to hold back or check
one's blows. Also fig., to use less force than one is capable of
exerting, to be gentle or lenient, esp. in criticism or punishment.

    18. Cricket. To strike (a ball) from the off to the leg side; also
transf. with the bowler as obj. So in Golf, to drive a ball widely to
the left. Also absol. = DRAW v. 14. Subsequently also used in Baseball
(see quot. 1976).

    19. Oil Industry. To pull up or withdraw (casing, etc.) from a well.

    IV. Phrases.

    20. a. to pull a face, faces: to draw the countenance into a
grimace, to distort the features: see FACE n. 6b; to pull a
(sanctimonious, etc.) face, to put on an expression of the specified
kind; to pull a long face: see LONG a.1 1c.

    b. to pull foot, also to pull it, to run away, to take to one's
heels; to run with all one's might; see FOOT n. 29. to pull one's
freight (U.S.) to depart quickly. colloq.

    c. to pull a boner (etc.), to make a foolish mistake (BONER2). U.S.
slang.

    d. In various colloq. phrases denoting action or speech intended to
deceive, shock, or amuse, as to pull a fast one (see FAST a. 11), to
pull a gag, to pull a trick, etc.

    e. to pull a job, robbery (etc.), to commit a crime, usu. theft.
colloq. (chiefly U.S.).

    f. to pull leather, to grasp the saddle horn in order to avoid being
thrown from a bucking horse (see also quot. 1933). U.S.

    g. to pull (one's) rank, to employ (one's) superior status in
exacting obedience, co-operation, or privilege. Also to pull stripes
(etc.). orig. U.S.

    h. to pull a (proper name), to imitate, to behave in the manner of
(the person named). colloq. (orig. U.S.).

    i. to pull one's pud(ding) or wire: to masturbate. slang.

    j. to pull the rug (out) from under (a person or thing), and varr.,
to weaken or unsettle (something) by an unexpected withdrawal of support
or by some other action; to let down or betray (someone). colloq. (orig.
U.S.).

    k. Other phrases mentioned under senses.

  pull caps, wigs: see sense 2; p. a crow, 5; p. by the ear, the nose,
etc., 7b; p. a finch, 6; p. one's coat, 7b; p. on one's head, 8b; p.
one's leg, p. the long bow, 7d; p. the other one, 7d; p. in or to pieces,
8b; p. a pigeon, a plover, 6; p. for prime, 3; p. one's punches, 17b; p.
the strings, the wires, 7e; p. a train, 11g; p. one's weight, 15b.

    V. With adverbs.

    21. pull about. trans. To pull from side to side, this way and that
way; colloq. to treat roughly, unceremoniously, or as a subject for
arbitrary operations.

    22. pull apart, asunder. trans. To separate by pulling.

    23. pull away.    a. trans. To pluck or snatch away; to withdraw or
remove by force.

  {dag}pull away the shoulder, to turn away, turn a deaf ear.

    b. intr. (Cf. 15 and AWAY 7.)

    c. Of a vehicle: to draw away, as from the kerb on starting. Also
absol.

    24. pull back.    a. See simple senses and BACK adv.    b. trans. To
draw or keep back (in space or in progress).    c. To date further back.    {dag}d.
To subtract.    {dag}e. To remove, withdraw.

    f. Sport. To score (a goal) restoring, or serving towards restoring,
level terms between two teams.

    25. pull down.    a. See simple senses and DOWN adv.

    b. trans. To demolish, lay in ruins, destroy (a building).

    c. To seize and bring to the ground; to overcome (a hunted animal).

    d. To lower or depress in health, spirits, size, strength, value,
etc.; also, to `bring low', to humble, humiliate. {dag}to pull down a
side = to pluck down a side: see PLUCK v. 3b.

    e. To depose or dethrone (a sovereign) violently; to overthrow (a
government) by force.

    f. To earn (money, esp. as a wage or salary). slang.

    26. pull in.    a. See simple senses and IN adv. to pull in one's
horns: see HORN n. 5b.    b. trans. To get into one's possession. Cf.
prec. sense.

    {dag}c. To withdraw from use or view. Obs.

    d. To rein in (one's horse); hence fig. Also intr. or absol. To
check or bring oneself to a stop in any course.

    e. To arrest (a person); = sense 16.

    f. intr. Of a locomotive train: to enter a station.

    g. absol. or intr. Of a driver: to drive a vehicle to the side of a
road or off a road (for some specified purpose). Also of the vehicle
itself.

    27. pull off.    a. See simple senses and OFF adv. to pull off one's
hat, etc., to uncover the head in salutation or reverence.

    b. Musketry. to pull off, to pull the trigger so as to deflect the
shot from its true aim.

    c. Sporting. To win (a prize or contest); hence (colloq.) to secure
(some benefit); to succeed in gaining or effecting (something).

    d. To steal (something). Cf. sense 2b. slang.

    e. Usu. refl. To cause (a person) to ejaculate by masturbation.
coarse slang.

    f. intr. Surfing. To end a ride by bringing one's surfboard out of a
wave. Cf. sense 29g below.

    28. pull on.    a. See simple senses and ON adv.    {dag}b. trans.
To induce, promote, cause; to pull on wine, to provoke thirst. Obs.

    29. pull out.    a. See simple senses and OUT adv.

    {dag}b. trans. To draw the lining out through slashes in (a sleeve
or garment) so as to display it. Const. with, usually in the pa. pple.
See PULLER 2, PULLING vbl. n. 4. Obs.

    {dag}c. To extend in length; to draw (a line). rare.

    d. absol. or intr. Of a locomotive engine or train: To move out of a
station; to draw out; hence, of a person: To go away, take one's
departure; cf. 9e; to row out: see 15. Also, to withdraw from an
undertaking, to `get out'. orig. U.S. Also of a ship: to sail out of a
harbour or port; of an aeroplane: to emerge from a dive; of a vehicle:
to move outwards into another lane of traffic. Also of the driver, etc.,
or occupants of these means of transport.

    e. colloq. To extend oneself vigorously; to work hard. Cf. to pull
the stops out s.v. STOP n.2

    f. Of a drawer, etc.: to be capable of being pulled open.

    g. intr. Surfing. (See quot. 1963.) Cf. pull off (sense 27f above).

    30. pull over.    a. See simple senses and OVER adv.

    b. Of a driver: to bring a vehicle to the side of a road or street,
or to some other place. Cf. sense 26g above.

    31. pull round.    a. See simple senses and ROUND adv.

    b. intr. To recover from sickness or fainting; to come round.

    c. trans. To restore (a person) to health after sickness, etc.; to
put into a healthier or better condition. Also transf.

    32. pull through.    a. See simple senses and THROUGH adv.

    b. trans. To get (a person) through a difficult, dangerous, or
critical condition or situation; to bring (a thing) to a successful
issue; to accomplish.

    c. intr. (? for refl.) To get through sickness, a trial, or an
undertaking with effort or difficulty; to succeed in accomplishing or
enduring something difficult or severe. Also with through prep.

    33. pull to. trans. To shut (a door, etc.) by drawing it towards
oneself.

    34. pull together.    a. trans. See sense 8 and TOGETHER. Also
transf.

  A rider is said to `pull his horse together', when, by means of his
legs and his reins, he makes it `collect' or gather itself together.

    b. to pull oneself together: to gather with an effort one's
faculties or energies; to rouse or recover oneself; to rally. Also (non-refl.),
to restore (a person) to a normal condition.

    c. intr. To act in unison; to work in harmony; to co-operate; also,
to agree, `get on' together.

    35. pull up.    a. See simple senses and UP adv.

    b. To drag out of the ground, or from where it is rooted or set,
with the object of removal or destruction; to root out, demolish.

    {dag}c. To lift up, raise with an effort. to pull up one's head,
pull oneself up, to assume an erect attitude. Also, to pluck up, rouse
up (one's heart, spirits, courage). Obs.

    d. To cause to stop; to stop; to arrest, to apprehend; esp. to
apprehend and take before a magistrate; hence, to reprimand, reprove,
rebuke.

    e. To tighten (reins) by drawing them towards oneself; to bring (a
horse) to a standstill by doing this; also transf. to check (a person)
in any course of action, esp. a bad course.

    f. absol. Of a driver, etc.: To bring a horse or vehicle to a stop;
also, of a horse or vehicle: To stop, come to a standstill.

    g. refl. and intr. for refl. To check or stop oneself in any course
of action.

    h. intr. To advance one's position in a race or other contest. Also
transf.