transitive. To disturb violently; to shake; to tear or tug up. Obsolete.

transitive. To tear, pull, or cut (something) away from something else in a forceful or vigorous manner. Chiefly with adverbs (as off, out, †forth)…

transitive. To cast, pull out, etc. violently; to take or put suddenly. dialect.

transitive. With adverb or adverbial phrase: to tear, pull, or tug (a person or thing). Also figurative… To tear, drag, or pull down, up, or out…

transitive. To tear, pull; to rake, drag. Frequently with up. Also figurative.

transitive. To pluck or pull up. Obsolete.

transitive. To pull up by the roots.

transitive. To dig or turn out of the ground with a plough; to clear, eradicate, or excavate by or as by ploughing. In early use frequently figurative…

transitive. To pull up by the roots or from the foundation; to rend up, tear out.

transitive. To tear out or apart forcibly; (Scottish) to bring (another person's land) under cultivation without permission.

intransitive. Of a non-climbing plant: to grow vigorously, luxuriantly, or excessively; to shoot up rapidly, to flourish. Also with up, away. Also…

= uptear, v. Obsolete. rare.

To pull, wrench, or drag by main force from its attachment or fixed place. (With various adverbs or prepositions according to sense.)

transitive. To pull asunder by force (a body or substance, now esp. one of thin and flexible consistence, as cloth or paper), usually so as to…

transitive. To pluck or pull out, tear away. Cf. evulsed, adj.

To force out, tear out by force. rare.

the action of pulling out the fitments, décor, etc., of a room.