Pull

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Pulling stands for:

  • exerting a force in the direction of the force source, see tensile stress
  • a mode of locomotion in biology, see migration (biology)
  • a mode of locomotion in culture, see nomadism
  • a forming process for the production of wire, see pulling through
  • a tensile compression forming of a sheet metal blank, see deep drawing
  • a process for making candles
  • moving the computer mouse with the mouse button pressed, see Drag & Drop
  • the cultivation of young plants, see breeding
  • a cooking process, see poaching
  • the dissolving of the aromatic substances when brewing tea or coffee
  • remelting to form silicon single crystals, see ingot
  • the manufacture of glass fibers as optical waveguides
  • the production of stucco profiles in the plastering trade, see stucco
  • removing a weapon from its holster


Drag is the surname of the following people:

  • Conrad Siegmund Drag (1727–1780), German theologian
  • Eduardzug (writer) (1819–1884), pseudonym Eduard Ellersberg, German writer
  • Eduard Drag (historian) (1896–1945), grandson of the writer Eduard Drag
  • Julius Drag (1864–1925), German educator, son of the writer Eduard Drag
  • Ludwig Draw (1871–1949), German teacher and classical philologist, son of the writer Eduard Draw
  • Theodor Draw (1862–1950), German neurologist and psychiatrist
  • Vult Drag (1899–1975), German psychiatrist, son of Theodor Drag


See also:

Wiktionary: draw  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations