Pull vs Fire - What's the difference?
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to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force
* Bible, Genesis viii. 9
* Shakespeare
To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
to apply a force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force
To attract or net; to pull in.
* Marcella Ridlen Ray, Changing and Unchanging Face of United States Civil Society
To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
* Bible, Lam. iii. 11
(ambitransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) to persuade (someone) to have sex with one
to remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability
(informal) to do or perform
to retrieve or generate for use
* 2006 , Michael Bellomo, Joel Elad, How to Sell Anything on Amazon...and Make a Fortune!
to toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field
to row
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
(video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
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to score a certain amount of points in a sport.
* How many points did you pull today, Albert?
(horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
(printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
(cricket) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
* R. H. Lyttelton
(UK, slang) To pour beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
An act of pulling (applying force)
* Jonathan Swift
An attractive force which causes motion towards the source
Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
(slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star)
(Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull'', ''pull technology
A journey made by rowing
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V
(dated) A contest; a struggle.
(obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
* Shakespeare
(slang) The act of drinking.
(cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
* R. A. Proctor
(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
(countable) Something that has produced or is capable of producing this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.
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, title= (countable) The often accidental occurrence of fire in a certain place.
(uncountable, alchemy) One of the four basic elements.
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(countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
(countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
* Atterbury
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
* (Alexander Pope)
Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
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(countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character fire a weapon.
(lb) To set (something) on fire.
* Chapter 20:
*:"Then I slipped up again with a box of matches, fired' my heap of paper and rubbish, put the chairs and bedding thereby, led the gas to the affair, by means of an india-rubber tube, and waving a farewell to the room left it for the last time." ¶ "You '''fired''' the house!" exclaimed Kemp. ¶ "' Fired the house. It was the only way to cover my trail—and no doubt it was insured."
*1907 , (Jack London), (The Iron Heel)
*:It was long a question of debate, whether the burning of the South Side ghetto was accidental, or whether it was done by the Mercenaries; but it is definitely settled now that the ghetto was fired by the Mercenaries under orders from their chiefs.
(lb) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired -in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
(lb) To drive away by setting a fire.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Till my bad angel fire my good one out.
(lb) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
*1969 , (Vladimir Nabokov), , Penguin 2011, p.226:
*:The first, obvious choice was hysterical and fantastic Blanche – had there not been her timidity, her fear of being ‘fired ’.
(lb) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).
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(lb) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
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To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
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(lb) To forcibly direct (something).
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To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
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To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:Love had fired my mind.
To animate; to give life or spirit to.
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To feed or serve the fire of.
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To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines.
(lb) To cauterize.
To catch fire; to be kindled.
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
As nouns the difference between pull and fire
is that pull is an act of pulling (applying force) while fire is the sector of the economy including finance, insurance and real estate businesses.As a verb pull
is to apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.pull
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Verb
(en verb)- He put forth his hand and pulled her in.
- Ne'er pull your hat upon your brows.
- to pull''' fruit from a tree; to '''pull''' flax; to '''pull a finch
- You're going to have to pull harder to get that cork out of the bottle.
- Television, a favored source of news and information, pulls the largest share of advertising monies.
- He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
- I pulled at the club last night.
- He's pulled that bird over there.
- Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves.
- He regularly pulls 12-hour days, sometimes 14.
- You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.
- I'll have to pull a part number for that.
- They'll go through their computer system and pull a report of all your order fulfillment records for the time period you specify.
- It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.
Monual's Willful Ignorance", in alt.games.everquest, Usenet:
- …we had to clear a long hallway, run up half way, pull the boss mob to us, and engage.
Re: focus pull", in alt.games.dark-age-of-camelot, 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.
Re: How to tank Stratholme undead pulls?", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
- This is the only thing that should get you to break off from your position, is to pull something off the healer.
Re: Managing the Command Buttons", in alt.games.warcraft, Usenet:
- You could also set a fire trap, pull the mob toward it, then send in your pet….
Re: I'm a priest now!", in alt.games.warcraft, 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.
- The favourite was pulled .
- Never pull a straight fast ball to leg.
- Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barkeep ''pulls'' a good pint.
Synonyms
* drag, tow, tug, yank * score * (to remove from circulation) recall, withdraw, yank * (sense) carry out, complete, do, execute, perform * (to retrieve or generate for use) generate, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, obtain, retrieve * scoreAntonyms
* push, repel, shoveDerived terms
See also pulling * it's not the whistle that pulls the train * overpull * pull a... * pull about * pull a face * pull a fast one * pull ahead * pull away * pull back * pull down * pull for * pull in * pulling * pull in one's horns * pull off * pull oneself together * pull one's weight * pull out * pull out all the stops * pull out of the fire * pull over * pull-quote * pull rank * pull round * pull somebody's leg * pull the other one * * pull the wool over someone's eyes * pull through * pull together * pull upNoun
(en noun)- He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out.
- I awakened with a violent pull upon the ring which was fastened at the top of my box.
- The spaceship came under the pull of the gas giant.
- iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet
- She took a pull on her cigarette.
- a zipper pull
- In weights the favourite had the pull .
- As Blunt had said, the burning ship lay a good twelve miles from the Malabar, and the pull was a long and a weary one. Once fairly away from the protecting sides of the vessel that had borne them thus far on their dismal journey, the adventurers seemed to have come into a new atmosphere.
- a wrestling pull
- (Carew)
- Two pulls at once; / His lady banished, and a limb lopped off.
- to take a pull at a mug of beer
- (Charles Dickens)
- The pull is not a legitimate stroke, but bad cricket.
Synonyms
* (act of pulling) tug, yank * (attractive force) attraction * (device meant to be pulled) handle, knob, lever, rope * (influence) influence, swayAntonyms
* (act of pulling) push, shove * (attractive force) repulsion * (device meant to be pulled) button, push, push button * (influence)Derived terms
* on the pull * pull cord * ring-pullfire
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Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
- He had fire in his temper.
- And bless their critic with a poet's fire .
- Stars, hide your fires .
- As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires .
Derived terms
* all-fire * add fuel to the fire * back fire * balefire * ball of fire * baptism of fire * bonfire * brush-fire * brush fire * bushfire * campfire * catch fire * ceasefire * covering fire * electric fire * fiery * fight fire with fire * fire alarm * fire and brimstone * fire away * firearm * fireball * fire bay * fire beater * fireblast * firebolt * firebomb * firebrand * firebreak * fire brigade * firebug * fireclay * fire company * firecracker * fire department * firedog * fire drill * fire eater * fire engine * fire escape * fire exit * fire extinguisher * fire-fight * firefight * firefighter * fire flapper * firefly * fireguard * fire hose * firehouse * fire hydrant * fire in the belly * firelighter * fireman * fireplace * fireplug * fireproof * fire resistant * fire retardant * fireshine * fire ship * fire station * fireside * fire sign * fire-starter * fire step * firestop * fire swab * fire swatter * fire teaser * fire trench * fire truck * fire up * firewire * firewoman * firewood * firework * forest fire * friendly fire * gas fire * grassfire * grass fire * Greek fire * hang fire * heap coals on fire * hold your fire * hold someone's feet to the fire * irons in the fire * light someone's fire * no smoke without fire * on fire * open fire * ordeal of fire * play with fire * Promethean fire * pull out of the fire * rapid fire * real fire * St Anthony's fire * St Elmo's fire * trial by fireVerb
(fir)Wigan 2-2 Arsenal, passage=Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.}}