to haul
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2.1
- verb
- /hɔl/
- The workers will haul the heavy boxes into the truck.
- haul freight
- haul by truck
- haul a trailer
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Watch on YouTubeI will haul that when we get home.
- I will haul that when we get home.
- This man should be hauled in to every federal committee.
- And should I include the books that I haul in here or do we focus on the backlog?
- And yeah, we we haul food product for restaurants and and grocery stores.
- It's true that the ancient Egyptians did haul big objects on sleds on wet sand.
- It's got a tow hitch, it's spacious, it hauls a lot of gear, it's quick, it's quiet, it's great.
- And our boats designed to haul crab traps are perfectly designed to haul bales of pot.
- I may used to we might haul Scott's miracle grow dirt.
- So he runs to try to save the house while the dogs run up to haul away Kevin.
Examples
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The road to Iraq is lined for miles with tractor-trailer trucks hauling supplies from Turkey.
Academic text (2008) -
In 1991, the transfer station was closed, and garbage was hauled directly to a regional waste-to-energy plant.
Academic text (1995) -
I will haul that when we get home.
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Come on, haul it over.
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To get back into operation, we had to agree to haul out twice as much material.
Academic text (1998) -
Haul that on in here.
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And yeah, we we haul food product for restaurants and and grocery stores.
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For several months, an hour or two a day, we hauled concrete blocks to the walls.
Fiction book (1990) -
Aaron's going to help me dig some holes and haul some stuff to the garbage.
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When a vehicle has reached the end of its service, it is hauled to a recycler.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.4
To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle
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3.5
To move people or things away, sometimes because of strong feeling
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2.0
To pull a vehicle behind another using a rope or chain
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4.4
To carry or drag something heavy with effort
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2.3
To carry something, often heavy, from one place to another
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6.0
To carry something heavy or awkward
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3.4
To take away large or heavy things using a vehicle
10
3.0
To move something by dragging it with effort
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4.1
To take something away using a truck or van
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2.6
To move goods by road in a large vehicle
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4.1
To take something away in a vehicle, often because it is large or unwanted
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Etymology
Haul as a verb comes from the old French haler meaning 'to pull', so to haul something is to move or carry it, often by truck or cart when it is heavy.