Sekirov Dictionary

haul

/hɔːl/

verb 9
noun 6
forms 3
phrases 8

verb9

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To draw or pull something heavy.
- Thither they bent, and haul'd their ship to land, / (The crooked keel divides the yellow sand) / Ulysses sleeping on his couch they bore, / And gently plac'd him on the rocky shore. — 1725
To drag, to pull, to tug.
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to pull or carry something heavy over a distance, often using an animal or a truck
- to haul logs to a sawmill
To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
(figurative) Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
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(US, informal) To haul ass (“go fast”).
- “How fast was he goin’?” / “I don’t know exactly, but he must’ve been haulin’, given where he landed.”
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To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
- A vessel sailing as near as she can to the point from which the wind blows, is said to be close hauled. — 1780
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Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
- The wind, serving us to a desire, now hauled into the west. — 1881
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

noun6

An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
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An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
- The robber’s haul was over thirty items.
- The trawler landed a ten-ton haul.
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(UK) Four goals scored by one player in a game.
- Four goals scored by a single player in a match can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'. — 2020
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The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
- Getting to his place was a real haul.
- I find long-haul travel by airplane tiring.
(Internet) Ellipsis of haul video (“video posted on the Internet consisting of someone showing and talking about recently purchased items”).
A bundle of many threads to be tarred.

forms

hauled · hauling · hauls

Phrases with haul

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