Meaning: pull

Illustrative Context

He was pushing and pulling the furniture around the room.

Most generic verb for moving an object with the hands in a direction towards oneself -- basic opposite of 'push'.

Avoid terms specifically for bringing something closer to oneself; the verb selected should be generic enough also to apply to cases where the person pulling the object is himself moving, i.e. pulling it along.
Avoid terms specifically for dragging an object in constant contact with the ground, e.g. drag, haul.
Avoid intensifying terms emphasising sudden pulling, e.g. yank.
Avoid intensifying terms emphasising strenuous force and/or particularly heavy objects, e.g. tug, drag.
Avoid terms specifically involving rotation (e.g. roll), causing to fall (e.g. pull over) or other overly specific senses.
Avoid terms for more general change of position, e.g. move, carry.
In some languages (particularly those with classifier systems), there may be no generic verb, but different ones depending on the nature of the object being pulled. In such cases, select the verb that would be valid and most normal in the illustrative context sentence, and fairly widely applicable to other types of object.