What does haul mean?

Definitions for haul
hɔlhaul

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. draw, haul, haulagenoun

    the act of drawing or hauling something

    "the haul up the hill went very slowly"

  2. catch, haulverb

    the quantity that was caught

    "the catch was only 10 fish"

  3. haul, hale, cart, dragverb

    draw slowly or heavily

    "haul stones"; "haul nets"

  4. haulverb

    transport in a vehicle

    "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"

Wiktionary

  1. haulnoun

    A long drive, especially transporting/hauling heavy cargo.

  2. haulnoun

    An amount of something that has been taken.

  3. haulverb

    To carry something; to transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.

  4. haulverb

    To pull or draw something heavy.

  5. haulverb

    To steer a vessel closer to the wind.

  6. haulverb

    To shift fore (more towards the bow).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Haulnoun

    Pull; violence in dragging.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    The leap, the slap, the haul; and shook to notes
    Of native musick, the respondent dance. James Thomson, Winter.

  2. To Haulverb

    To pull; to draw; to drag by violence. A word which, applied to things, implies violence; and, to persons, aukwardness or rudeness.

    Etymology: haler, French, to draw.

    Thy Dol, and Helen of thy noble thoughts,
    Is in base durance and contagious prison,
    Haul’d thither by mechanick dirty hands. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    The youth with songs and rhimes,
    Some dance, some haul the rope. John Denham.

    Some the wheels prepare,
    And fasten to the horses feet; the rest
    With cables haul along th’ unwieldly beast. John Dryden, Æn.

    In his grandeur he naturally chuses to haul up others after him whose accomplishments most resemble his own. Jonathan Swift.

    Thither they bent, and haul’d their ships to land;
    The crooked keel divides the yellow sand. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

    While romp-loving miss
    Is haul’d about in gallantry robust. James Thomson, Autumn.

Wikipedia

  1. haul

    A haul video is a video recording, posted to the Internet, in which a person discusses items that they recently purchased, sometimes going into detail about their experiences during the purchase and the cost of the items they bought. The posting of haul videos (or hauls) was a growing trend between 2008 and 2016. Often, the items bought are clothing, household goods, makeup or jewellery.

ChatGPT

  1. haul

    Haul generally refers to the act of pulling or dragging something with effort, especially heavy goods or materials from one place to another. It can also represent the distance or route over which something is transported or a quantity of something obtained, often illegally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Haulverb

    to pull or draw with force; to drag

  2. Haulverb

    to transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill

  3. Haulverb

    to change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t

  4. Haulverb

    to pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked

  5. Haulnoun

    a pulling with force; a violent pull

  6. Haulnoun

    a single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul

  7. Haulnoun

    that which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net

  8. Haulnoun

    transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul

  9. Haulnoun

    a bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred

  10. Etymology: [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. holn, haln, G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t., Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Haul

    hawl, v.t. to drag: to pull with violence.—v.i. to tug, to try to draw something: to alter a ship's course, to sail generally.—n. a pulling: a draught, as of fishes: a source of interest or profit.—ns. Haul′age, act of hauling: charge for hauling or pulling a ship or boat; Haul′er, Haul′ier.—Haul over the coals (see Coal); Haul off, or round, to turn a ship's course away from an object; Haul up, to come or bring to rest after hauling. [Hale.]

CrunchBase

  1. HAUL

    Hauler (n): Anyone who purchases or receives a product and creates a video to share their feedback and discuss the product features for an online audience. Haulers on YouTube have millions subscribers and billions views.HAUL is a video-driven e-commerce marketplace that enables haulers to monetize their online influence and following by syndicating content and garnering affiliate revenue on hauled products. We do this by providing each hauler a dashboard with production and advertising tools that connect them to social media, advertising and syndication opportunities as well as sponsorship and product review opportunities through key retail relationships.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. haul

    To pull or draw with force or violence; to transport by drawing; to drag; to compel to move or go.

Suggested Resources

  1. HAUL

    What does HAUL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HAUL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HAUL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Haul is ranked #117480 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Haul surname appeared 148 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Haul.

    68.2% or 101 total occurrences were White.
    24.3% or 36 total occurrences were Black.
    4.7% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'haul' in Verbs Frequency: #1048

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of haul in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of haul in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of haul in a Sentence

  1. Air France:

    Based on the information we have this will also count for crew members, we cannot take the risk that crew members get stuck abroad, so we have decided to halt all long-haul flights.

  2. Stephanie Faulk:

    As the capabilities of narrow-body airplanes grow, they are taking on long-haul missions – flying increasingly further, the result is an inherent desire for increased comfort and features equivalent to wide-body airplanes.

  3. Hannah Truscott:

    There are men who have n’t caught one over 40 pounds, and they’ve been doing it years, i think she’s had about 23 in the last four years over 40 pounds.'' CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Hannah Truscott -LRB- left -RRB- went on to catch five more catfish that day, which brought the total weight of Hannah Truscott -LRB- left -RRB- haul to nearly 400 pounds, SWNS reported. Hannah Truscott has been fishing with Hannah Truscott father for almost a decade, according to SWNS. ( SWNS) Truscott told SWNS he and Hannah Truscott -LRB- left -RRB- first went fishing together when she was around 6 years old. Since then, he said, she’s become a specialist in catching catfish. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER.

  4. Cynthia Selin:

    Continued investment and favorable policy conditions … mean that clean hydrogen( including hydrogen made using renewable energy) could see sustained growth, the development of necessary infrastructure, and better cost competitiveness, in terms of consumer-facing developments in relation to hydrogen, in ’23 the most likely area of attention will be in long-haul trucking.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I'm in this for the long haul, that doesn't mean someday I don't wake up and I say, 'Wow, I'm really tanking.' Well, if I tank, sure, I go back to the business. Why wouldn't I?

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Translations for haul

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  • вазіць, павезці, везці, павазіцьBelarusian
  • befödern, Fang, Gütertransport, Lastbeförderung, ziehen, transportieren, Fischzug, schleppenGerman
  • empujar, tirar fuerte, llevarSpanish
  • rahdata, luuvata, nostaa, haalata, kääntyäFinnish
  • trainer, halerFrench
  • slaodScottish Gaelic
  • vilktLatvian
  • wlec, transportować, wleczenie, holowanie, ciągnąć, wyostrzyć, ostrzyćPolish
  • буксировать, тянуть, волочение, волочить, улов, тащить, перевозкаRussian
  • vliecť, ťahať, transportovaťSlovak
  • ลากThai
  • فاصلےUrdu
  • löpiotir fitafilätaVolapük
  • 运输Chinese

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