pullとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: po͝ol, IPA^(key): /pʊl/
• (full-fool merger) IPA^(key): /puːl/
• ハイフネーション: pull
• 韻: -ʊl

動詞

pull (三人称単数 現在形 pulls, 現在分詞 pulling, 過去形および過去分詞形 pulled)

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

   When I give the signal, pull the rope.

   You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 8:9:

     He put forth his hand […] and pulled her in.

   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.

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

   to pull fruit from a tree

   pull flax

   pull a finch

3. (transitive) To attract or net; to pull in.
   • 2002, Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society:

     Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies.

   • 2011, Russell Simmons; Chris Morrow, Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All:

     While the pimp can always pull a ho with his magnetism, he can never pull a nun. The nun is too in touch with her own compassionate and honest spirit to react to a spirit as negative and deceitful as that of the pimp.

4. (transitive, intransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one: to be 'on the pull' - looking for a sexual partner.

   I pulled at the club last night.

   He's pulled that bird over there.

   • 2016, Louie O'Brien, Hasta La Flip Flops!

     Everyone was on the pull, determined to have a bit of a holiday fling.

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

   Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.

   The book was due to be released today, but it was pulled at the last minute over legal concerns.

6. (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.

   I'll have to pull a part number for that.

   This computer file is incorrect. Can we pull the old version from your backups?

   • 2006, Michael Bellomo; Joel Elad, How to Sell Anything on Amazon...and Make a Fortune!:

     They'll go through their computer system and pull a report of all your order fulfillment records for the time period you specify.

7. (construction) To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority.

   It's the contractor's responsibility to pull the necessary permits before starting work.

8. (transitive, informal) To do or perform.

   He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.

   You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.

   • 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

     What are you trying to pull, anyway? You say you want to sell, but you have nothing to offer?! You've got some nerve, kid!

   • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2022, 16:22 from the start:

     Faced with an enemy whose largest gun turrets weigh more than the entire ship, Johnston decides that running is boring, and instead pulls a full 180-degree turn and charges straight back at the attacking forces.

10. (with 'a' かつ the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.

    He pulled an Elvis and got really fat.

    They're trying to pull a Watergate on us.

11. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
12. (intransitive) To row.
    • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
13. (transitive, rowing) To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.

    I pulled a personal best on the erg yesterday.

    It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.

14. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Lamentations 3:11:

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

    • 2009, Ardie A. Davis; Chef Paul Kirk, America's Best BBQ, page 57:

      If you are going to pull or chop the pork butt, take it out of the smoker when the meat is in the higher temperature range, put it in a large pan, and let it rest, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes. Using heavy-duty dinner forks, pull the pork butt to shreds.

15. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
16. (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
    • 2003 April 9, Richard Lawson, “Monual's Willful Ignorance”, in alt.games.everquest‎^[2] (Usenet):

      …we had to clear a long hallway, run up half way, pull the boss mob to us, and engage.

    • 2004 October 18, Stush, “Re: focus pull”, in alt.games.dark-age-of-camelot‎^[3] (Usenet):

      Basically buff pet, have it pull lots of mobs, shield pet, chain heal pet, have your aoe casters finish off hurt mobs once pet gets good aggro.

    • 2005 August 2, Brian, “Re: How to tank Stratholme undead pulls?”, in alt.games.warcraft‎^[4] (Usenet):

      This is the only thing that should get you to break off from your position, is to pull something off the healer.

    • 2007 April 10, John Salerno, “Re: Managing the Command Buttons”, in alt.games.warcraft‎^[5] (Usenet):

      You could also set a fire trap, pull the mob toward it, then send in your pet….

    • 2008 August 18, Mark (newsgroups), “Re: I'm a priest now!”, in alt.games.warcraft‎^[6] (Usenet):

      Shield yourself, pull with Mind Blast if you want, or merely pull with SW:P to save mana, then wand, fear if you need to, but use the lowest rank fear.

17. (UK) To score a certain number of points in a sport.

    How many points did you pull today, Albert?

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

    The favourite was pulled.

19. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof または impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
20. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
    • 1888, Robert Henry Lyttelton, Cricket Chapter 2

      Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.

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

    Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint.

22. (intransitive) To take a swig or mouthful of drink.
    • 1957, Air Force Magazine, volume 40, page 128:

      Danny pulled at his beer and thought for a moment.

23. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
24. (now chiefly Scotland, England and US regional) To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 19, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, →OCLC:

      He and some of his companions one day entered a garden in the suburbs, and having indulged their appetites, desired to know what satisfaction they must make for the fruit they had pulled.

25. (cooking, transitive, intransitive) To repeatedly stretch taffy in order to achieve the desired stretchy texture.

同意語

• (apply force to (something) so it comes toward): drag, tow, tug, yank
• (スラング: to persuade to have sex with one): score
• (to remove from circulation): recall, withdraw, yank
• (to do, to perform): carry out, complete, do, execute, perform
• (to retrieve または generate for use): generate, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, obtain, retrieve
• (to succeed in finding a person with whom to have sex.): score

反意語

• (apply force to (something) so it comes towards one): push, repel, shove

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