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Haul is defined as to pull, drag or transport something.

(verb)

An example of haul is someone renting a box truck to move all of their belongings to a new house.

The definition of a haul is the act of moving, dragging or transporting something or a distance something is transported.

(noun)

An example of haul is a truck driver delivering goods across the country.
An example of haul is a 300 mile delivery.

See haul in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to pull with force; move by pulling or drawing; tug; drag
to transport by wagon, truck, etc.: to haul coal for a living
hale
Naut. to change the course of (a ship), specif. so as to sail closer to the wind

Origin: 17th-c. phonetic sp. of hale < ME halen < OFr haler, to draw < ODu halen, akin to Ger holen, to fetch < IE base *kel-, to cry out (> L calare): basic sense “to call hither”

intransitive verb

to pull; tug
to shift direction: said of the wind
Naut. to change the course of a ship, specif. so as to sail closer to the wind

noun

the act of hauling; pull; tug
1. the amount of fish taken in a single pull of a net
2. Informal the amount gained, won, earned, etc. at one time
the distance or route over which something is transported or over which one travels
a load or quantity transported

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hauler noun

See haul in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb hauled, haul·ing, hauls

verb, transitive

To pull or drag forcibly; tug. See Synonyms at pull.
To transport, as with a truck or cart.
Informal To compel to go, especially for trial: “hauled the huge companies into court” (Peter Matthiessen).
Nautical To change the course of (a ship), especially in order to sail closer into the wind.

verb, intransitive

To pull; tug.
To provide transportation; cart.
a. To shift direction: The wind hauled to the east.
b. To change one's mind.
Nautical To change the course of a ship.

noun

The act of pulling or dragging.
The act of transporting or carting.
A distance, especially the distance over which something is pulled or transported.
Something that is pulled or transported; a load.
Everything collected or acquired by a single effort; the take: a big haul of fish.

Phrasal Verbs: haul off Informal To draw back slightly, as in preparation for initiating an action: “hauled off and smacked the hapless aide across the face” (Bill Barol). To shift operations to a new place; to move away. haul up To come to a halt.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English haulen

Origin: , from Old French haler

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots

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