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To haul is to move or take something, usually big and heavy, and put it somewhere else. If you've ever moved to a new house, then you know that having to haul all your stuff there can really take the joy out of moving into a new place.

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To pull or draw with force; to drag.

Noun
the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the hill went very slowly"

Noun
the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish"

Verb
transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"

Verb
draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

v. t.
To pull or draw with force; to drag.

v. t.
To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

v. i.
To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.

v. t.
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

n.
A pulling with force; a violent pull.

n.
A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.

n.
That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.

n.
Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.

n.
A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Haul

Haul , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. aler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. holn, haln, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.

Some dance, some haul the rope.

Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.

Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust.

2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.

To haul over the coals. See under Coal. -- To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

Haul

Haul, v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.

I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island.

2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. -- To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.

Haul

Haul, n. 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull. 2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. 3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net. 4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul. 5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.

A pulling with force; a violent pull.

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Usage Examples

Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!

It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

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Other Usage Examples

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.

On long haul flights I always drink loads and loads of water and eat light and healthy food.