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1. draw, draft, hale, Physiol. adduct; puff, take a puff or drag, suck in, inspire, inhale, breathe in, drink in; haul, lug, drag, transport; tow, take in tow, row, lead, Naut. warp, Naut. kedge; draggle, trail, trawl, troll.

2. tug, yank, snake, hitch, hike; tweak, twitch, nip, twinge, vellicate.

3. tear, rip, rend, tear or rip out or away or apart, disjoint, dismember; strain, stretch, overexert; wrench, sprain, twist.

4. pluck, snatch out, pick out, extract, take or pull out or off, tear or rip out or off; wrest, pry out, extort, wring out, exact; remove, withdraw, produce; uproot, root out, deracinate, dig up, weed or dig out.

5. strip, pick clean, deplume, displume; unclothe, unsheathe, divest; denude, denudate, bare.

6. attract, magnetize, allure, lure, decoy; invite, entice, interest, catch [s.o.'s] eye, captivate, capture [s.o.'s] fancy, fascinate.

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7. draw, draft, haul, lug, (of an oar) stroke; drag, puff, inhalation, breath; tug, yank, hitch; hike; wrest, snatch, grasp, clutch, catch; tweak, twitch, twinge, nip.

8. force, forcefulness, power, pulling power, power-fulness, strength, might, energy, Inf. steam; effort, work, exertion, strain; drag, tug, traction; magnetism, magnetic force or intensity, gravity, Physics. gravitation, Both Elect. gauss, oersted; attraction, lure, allurement, enticement, appeal, drawing power; attractiveness, seduction, seductiveness, interest, charm, winsomeness, charisma, Sp. duende; influence, authority, authoritativeness, dominance, weight, leverage, hold, sway, Inf. muscle, Inf. clout.

9. handle, knob, hold, bail, grip, hilt, halt, helve; lever, trigger, crank, shank, shaft, handle bar, Print. rounce.