Transcription
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- [hawl]
- /hɔl/
- /hɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hawl]
- /hɔl/
Definitions of haul word
- verb with object haul to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach. 1
- verb with object haul to cart or transport; carry: He hauled freight. 1
- verb with object haul to cause to descend; lower (often followed by down): to haul down the flag. 1
- verb with object haul to arrest or bring before a magistrate or other authority (often followed by before, in, to, into, etc.): He was hauled before the judge. 1
- verb without object haul to pull or tug. 1
- verb without object haul to go or come to a place, especially with effort: After roistering about the streets, they finally hauled into the tavern. 1
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Origin of haul
First appearance:
before 1550 One of the 31% oldest English words
1550-60; earlier hall, variant of hale2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Haul
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
haul popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
haul usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for haul
verb haul
- tote — Informal. to add up; total.
- ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- rake — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- tow — to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device: The car was towed to the service station.
- cart — A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.
noun haul
- cargo — The cargo of a ship or plane is the goods that it is carrying.
- harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- booty — Booty is a collection of valuable things stolen from a place, especially by soldiers after a battle.
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
Antonyms for haul
verb haul
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen — to become less.
- push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
noun haul
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
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