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haul
[ hawl ]
verb (used with object)
- to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag:
They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- to cart or transport; carry:
The locomotive hauled freight over the Wasatch Mountains between Ogden, Utah, and Green River, Wyoming.
- to lower; cause to descend (often followed by down ):
As the students gathered around the flagpole, the school custodian hauled down the flag.
- to bring before an authority (often followed by before, in, to, into, etc.):
He was hauled before the judge.
She hauled me into the principal鈥檚 office.
verb (used without object)
- to pull or tug with force or effort:
The sailors hauled on the oars as hard as they could.
- to go or come to a place, especially with effort:
After much carousing in the streets, they finally hauled into the tavern.
- to cart or transport, or to move freight commercially:
Ours is one of many Canadian trucking companies hauling south of the border.
- Nautical.
- to sail, as in a particular direction:
They sailed to the west of Corsica, and then hauled south again.
- to draw or pull a vessel up on land, as for repairs or storage.
- (of the wind) to shift to a direction closer to the heading of a vessel ( veer ).
- (of the wind) to change direction, shift, or veer (often followed by round or to ):
During the early morning hours the wind hauled northward and increased in intensity, with accompanying heavy seas.
noun
- a strong pull or tug:
He felt a sudden haul on the other end of the rope.
- an act or instance of transporting something, or the load or quantity transported:
You have so little stuff to move, I can probably do it in two hauls with my pickup.
- the distance or route over which anything is transported or carried:
I鈥檝e been using this truck for a year now on a weekly 30-mile haul.
- Fishing.
- the quantity of fish taken at one draft of the net:
We got such a huge haul of fish that we could hardly carry them home.
- the draft of a fishing net.
- the place where a seine is hauled.
- the act of taking or acquiring something, or something taken or acquired:
The thieves' haul included several valuable paintings.
- Digital Technology. a video, photo, or report of something taken or acquired:
He shops the flea markets over the weekend and then posts his haul on Monday afternoon.
verb phrase
- to bring before a superior for judgment or reprimand; call to account:
They were hauled up on a drug trafficking charge.
- to come to a halt; stop:
As night was falling we finally hauled up at an old farmhouse owned by a friendly couple.
- Nautical. to change the course of (a sailing vessel) so as to sail closer to the wind.
- Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to come closer to the wind.
- Nautical. (of a vessel) to come to a halt.
- Nautical. to change a ship's course so as to get farther off from an object.
- to withdraw; leave.
- Informal. to draw back the arm in order to strike; prepare to deal a blow:
He hauled off and struck the insolent lieutenant a blow to the chin.
haul
/ 丑蓴藧濒 /
verb
- to drag or draw (something) with effort
- tr to transport, as in a lorry
- nautical to alter the course of (a vessel), esp so as to sail closer to the wind
- tr nautical to draw or hoist (a vessel) out of the water onto land or a dock for repair, storage, etc
- intr nautical (of the wind) to blow from a direction nearer the bow Compare veer 1
- intr to change one's opinion or action
noun
- the act of dragging with effort
- (esp of fish) the amount caught at a single time
- something that is hauled
- the goods obtained from a robbery
- a distance of hauling
a three-mile haul
- the amount of a contraband seizure
arms haul
drugs haul
- in the long haul or over the long haul
- in a future time
- over a lengthy period of time
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 谤别路丑补耻濒 verb
- 耻苍路丑补耻濒别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of haul1
Idioms and Phrases
- haul around, Nautical.
- to brace (certain yards of a sailing vessel).
- (of the wind) to change in a clockwise direction.
- haul in with, Nautical. to approach.
- haul / shag ass, Slang: Vulgar. to get a move on; hurry.
More idioms and phrases containing haul
- long haul
- rake (haul) over the coals
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Tourists who were charged 拢900 for two packets of sweets led police to discover the largest haul of fake and unsafe goods to have ever been seized from a shop on Oxford Street.
She has since made huge efforts to clear her home in south Birmingham, but she recognises that it is a long haul.
Sir Keir is spending Monday touring hospitals promoting reforms to the NHS app - which he said will haul the health service out of the "dark ages", saving it money and cutting waiting lists.
But that haul was tiny compared to the value of stolen sports memorabilia officers pulled in a week earlier, the department said.
After initially saying he intended to be in 鈥渇or the long haul,鈥 he subsequently said he does not intend to apply for the permanent job.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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