| inglese > italiano | |
| pull | |
| 1. sost. tiro | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| pull | |
| 1. subst. An act of pulling (applying force) |  |
| He gave the hair a sharp pull and it came out. |  |
| 2. subst. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source |  |
| 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. |  |
| 3. subst. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope |  |
| a zipper pull |  |
| 4. subst. (slang) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing. |  |
| In weights the favourite had the pull. |  |
| 5. subst. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star) |  |
| 6. subst. (Internet) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology |  |
| 7. subst. A journey made by rowing |  |
| 8. subst. (dated) A contest; a struggle. |  |
| a wrestling pull |  |
| 9. subst. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered. |  |
| 10. subst. (slang) The act of drinking. |  |
| to take a pull at a mug of beer |  |
| 11. subst. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side. |  |
| 12. subst. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path. |  |
| 13. v. (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. |  |
| 14. v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. |  |
| to pull fruit from a tree; to pull flax; to pull a finch |  |
| 15. v. To attract or net; to pull in. |  |
| 16. v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. |  |
| 17. v. (ambitransitive, UK, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one. |  |
| I pulled at the club last night. |  |
| He's pulled that bird over there. |  |
| 18. v. To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability. |  |
| Each day, they pulled the old bread and set out fresh loaves. |  |
| 19. v. (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. |  |
| 20. v. To retrieve or generate for use. |  |
| I'll have to pull a part number for that. |  |
| 21. v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field. |  |
| 22. v. (intransitive) To row. |  |
| 23. v. To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.). |  |
| 24. v. (video games, ambitransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target. |  |
| 25. v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport. |  |
| 26. v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning. |  |
| The favourite was pulled. |  |
| 27. v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever. |  |
| 28. v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.) |  |
| 29. v. (UK) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source. |  |
| Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint. |  |
| 30. v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave. |  |
| 31. inter. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| tirare | |
| 1. v. to pull, draw, tug, drag |  |
| 2. v. to throw, shoot, toss, kick |  |
| 3. v. to utter |  |
| Tirò un sospiro di sollievo. - She uttered a sigh of relief. |  |
| 4. v. (slang) (of a penis) to become erect |  |