haul

verb

  1. To cause (something) to move by pulling or drawing to exert traction on

    "haul a wagon"

  2. To obtain or move by or as if by hauling

    "was hauled to parties night after night by his wife"

  3. To transport in a vehicle cart

    "The cattle were hauled to market."

  4. To change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind
  5. To bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment hale

    "haul traffic violators into court"

  6. To exert traction pull

    "haul back on the reins"

  7. To move along proceed

    "About three o'clock we hauled into Moonridge."

  8. To furnish transportation

    "a nominal charge for hauling"

  9. Shift

noun

  1. The act or process of hauling see haul pull

    "The rope stood up under the strain of the haul."

  2. A device for pulling or carting something a device for hauling
  3. The result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win

    "the burglar's haul"

  4. The quantity of fish taken in a single draft of a net
  5. The act or process of transporting something in a vehicle transportation by hauling

    "… a rail haul meant that several hundred expensive … cars would have to be bought."

  6. The length or course of a transportation route

    "a long haul"

  7. A quantity transported load

    "a haul of lumber"

verb

  1. To get ready

phrasal verb

  1. To catch (a ball or pass)

    "He hauled in a long touchdown pass."

idiom

  1. To suddenly do (something specified)

phrasal verb

  1. To forcefully pull (something)

    "haul on the reins"

noun

  1. The transporting of items or persons between terminals

noun

  1. A long distance

    "New England ski areas are a long haul—12 to 15 hours by car—for Pittsburgh area skiers."

  2. A considerable period of time long run

adjective

  1. Traveling or involving a short distance

    "short-haul flights"

noun

  1. A fruitless effort

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