Pull vs Lift - 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
Air.
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
(intransitive) To raise or rise.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
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(slang) To steal.
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To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
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to cause to move upwards.
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(informal) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
* John Locke
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up .
* Addison
* Bible, 1 Timothy iii. 6
(obsolete) To bear; to support.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
An act of lifting or raising.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
(British, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
(measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
A thief.
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(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
an improvement in mood
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The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
A rise; a degree of elevation.
A lift gate.
(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
In transitive terms the difference between pull and lift
is that pull is to strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.) while lift is to cause to move upwards.In lang=en terms the difference between pull and lift
is that pull is the act of drinking while lift is the lifting of a dance partner into the air.pull
English
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-pulllift
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lifte, . More at (l).Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (gas or vapour breathed) air * atmosphere * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) liften, lyften, from (etyl) . See above.Verb
(en verb)- The fog eventually lifted , leaving the streets clear.
- You never lift a finger to help me!
- Their walk had continued not more than ten minutes when they crossed a creek by a wooden bridge and came to a row of mean houses standing flush with the street. At the door of one, an old black woman had stooped to lift a large basket, piled high with laundered clothes.
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- She can lift twice her bodyweight.
- strained by lifting at a weight too heavy
- The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
- being lifted up with pride
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* lift-offNoun
(en noun)- He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- Take the lift to the fourth floor.
- The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.
- The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift .
- (Francis Bacon)
- the lift of a lock in canals
- (Saunier)