fire vs pull

fire

verb
  • To shoot; to attempt to score a goal. 

  • To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon. 

  • To initiate an event (by means of an event handler). 

  • To forcibly direct (something). 

  • To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device). 

  • To drive away by setting a fire. 

  • To animate; to give life or spirit to. 

  • To set (something, often a building) on fire. 

  • To set off an explosive in a mine. 

  • To light up as if by fire; to illuminate. 

  • To feed or serve the fire of. 

  • To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust. 

  • To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance). 

  • To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client. 

  • To inflame; to irritate, as the passions. 

  • To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc. 

  • To cause an action potential in a cell. 

  • To cauterize. 

adj
  • Amazing; excellent. 

noun
  • A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire). 

  • The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon. 

  • Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star. 

  • The elements necessary to start a fire. 

  • Strength of passion, whether love or hate. 

  • Red coloration in a piece of opal. 

  • The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger. 

  • 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. 

  • Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm. 

  • An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire). 

  • A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such. 

  • A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking. 

  • An instance of firing one or more rocket engines. 

  • The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy. 

pull

verb
  • To score a certain number of points in a sport. 

  • To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.) 

  • To obtain (a permit) from a regulatory authority. 

  • To row. 

  • To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source. 

  • To do or perform. 

  • To attract or net; to pull in. 

  • To pull out from a yard or station; to leave. 

  • To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. 

  • To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine. 

  • To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.). 

  • To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck. 

  • To draw apart; to tear; to rend. 

  • To hold back, and so prevent from winning. 

  • To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability. 

  • To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field. 

  • To persuade (someone) to have sex with one: to be 'on the pull' - looking for a sexual partner. 

  • To retrieve or generate for use. 

  • To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target. 

  • To take a swig or mouthful of drink. 

  • To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.). 

  • To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. 

intj
  • Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched. 

noun
  • The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink. 

  • The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology 

  • A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path. 

  • Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope. 

  • An attractive force which causes motion towards the source. 

  • Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star). 

  • A single impression from a handpress. 

  • A journey made by rowing. 

  • A proof sheet. 

  • An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself). 

  • An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain. 

  • An advantage over somebody; a means of influencing. 

  • The power to influence someone or something; sway, clout. 

  • A type of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the on side; a pull shot. 

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