haul

Speech parts

1. haul - Noun

2. haul - Verb

Meaning

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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

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

To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

A pulling with force; a violent pull.

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

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

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

haulage draw catch drag cart hale take move lading carry transport load cargo pull freight
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Antonyms

force loss press retard slow crowd
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Hypernyms

carry transport draw pull pulling indefinite quantity

Hyponyms

tow underrun piggyback towage bouse bowse

Phrases with the word

haul truck haul in in for the long haul close haul near haul over the long haul

Derivatives

hauled hauling

Anagrams

Lahu hula

Examples

haul stones Source: Internet

haul nets Source: Internet

the catch was only 10 fish Source: Internet

the haul up the hill went very slowly Source: Internet

haul stones from the quarry in a truck Source: Internet

haul vegetables to the market Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Hauke Hauksbee thermometer Hauksbee's thermometer haul around haul ass haul away