haul

noun

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • simple present : haul
  • simple present, singular, third person : hauls
  • simple past : hauled
  • present participle : hauling
  • past participle : hauled

Senses

  • the act or process of hauling : pull
  • a device for pulling or carting something : a device for hauling
  • the result of an effort to obtain, collect, or win
  • the quantity of fish taken in a single draft of a net
  • the act or process of transporting something in a vehicle : transportation by hauling
  • the length or course of a transportation route
  • a quantity transported : load

haul

verb

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : haul
  • plural : hauls

Senses

  • to cause (something) to move by pulling or drawing : to exert traction on
  • to obtain or move by or as if by hauling
  • to transport in a vehicle : cart
  • to change the course of (a ship) especially so as to sail closer to the wind
  • to bring before an authority for interrogation or judgment : hale
  • to exert traction : pull
  • to move along : proceed
  • to furnish transportation
  • (of the wind) to shift