Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. · To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.). · To attract or net; to pull in. · To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself). · An attractive force which causes motion towards the source. · An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing. · The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout.
Verb from Middle English pullen, from Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to West Frisian pûlje (“to shell, husk”), Middle Dutch pullen (“to drink”), Middle Dutch polen (“to peel, strip”), Low German pulen (“to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks”), Icelandic púla (“to work hard, beat”). Noun from Middle English pul, pull, pulle, from the verb pullen (“to pull”).
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- Inherited-form mentionpullenenm
- Inherited-form mentionpullianang · to pull, draw, tug, pluck off
- Cognate mentionpûljefy · to shell, husk
- Cognate mentionpullendum · to drink
- Cognate mentionpolendum · to peel, strip
- Cognate mentionpulennds · to pick, pluck, pull, tear, strip off husks
- Cognate mentionpúlais · to work hard, beat
- Inherited-form mentionpulenm
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