transitive verb

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

Etymology: 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

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

noun

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