haul

haul
haul [hôl]
vt.
[17th-c. phonetic sp. of HALE2 < 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”]
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. HALE2
4. Naut. to change the course of (a ship), specif. so as to sail closer to the wind
vi.
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
n.
1. the act of hauling; pull; tug
2.
a) the amount of fish taken in a single pull of a net
b) 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
SYN.- PULL
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☆ haul ass
Slang to act, go, depart, etc. quickly or hurriedly: somewhat vulgar
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haul off
1. to change a ship's course so as to draw away from something
2. to retreat; withdraw
☆ 3. Informal to draw the arm back before hitting
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haul up
1. to sail closer to the wind
2. to come to rest; stop
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haul your wind or haul her wind
to sail closer to the wind: also haul to the wind
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over the long haul or in the long haul
over a long period of time
hauler
n.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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