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haul

UK/hɔːl/ US/hoːl/ fairly common uk us
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

draw slowly or heavily

  • “haul stones”
  • “haul nets”
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2.

transport in a vehicle

  • “haul stones from the quarry in a truck”
  • “haul vegetables to the market”

noun

1.

the act of drawing or hauling something

  • “the haul up the hill went very slowly”
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2.

the quantity that was caught

  • “the catch was only 10 fish”
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Origin

From Middle English hālen, hailen, haulen, halien (“to drag, pull; to draw up”), from Old French haler (“to haul, pull”), from Frankish *halōn (“to drag, fetch, haul”) or Middle Dutch halen (“to drag, fetch, haul”), possibly merging with Old English *halian (“to haul, drag”); all from Proto-Germanic *halōną, *halēną, *hulōną (“to call, fetch, summon”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates The word is cognate with Danish hale (“to haul”), Middle Dutch halen (“to draw, fetch, haul”), Dutch halen (“to fetch, bring, haul”), Old Frisian halia, Saterland Frisian halen (“to draw, haul, pull”), Low German halen (“to draw, pull”), Old High German halôn, holôn, German holen (“to fetch, get”), Norwegian hale (“to haul”), Old Saxon halôn (“to fetch, get”), Swedish hala (“to hale, haul, pull, tug”), and related to Old English ġeholian (“to get, obtain”).

Phrases

  • club haul Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • for the long haul Terms derived from haul (noun)
  • grocery haul Terms derived from haul (noun)
  • haul around Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul ass Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul down Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul girl Terms derived from haul (noun)
  • haul in Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul off Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul one's ashes Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul out Terms derived from haul (verb)
  • haul road Terms derived from haul (noun)

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