haul

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /hɔl/ UK /hɔːl/ See IPA manual

Homophones

hall /hɔl/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like hoar /l/ vs /r/

Meanings

1

verb
to pull or drag with effort, or a quantity acquired or transported

They had to haul the heavy crates up three flights of stairs.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Multiword verbs with haul

haul off Phrasal verb C2+

to transport something away, especially in a vehicle

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to pull or drag with... pull drag tug tow lug cart

Opposites

push drop release

Word family

Derived forms hauledhaulerhaulinghaulage

Related forms hale

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Phrases (1)

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haul off
to transport something away, especially in a vehicle

Verb + adverb

Etymology

From Middle English halen ('to drag, pull'), a variant influenced by Old French haler ('to haul'), itself from Frankish *halon ('to fetch'), of Germanic origin.

halen Middle English *halōną Proto-Germanic

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# haul

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /hɔl/
**IPA (UK):** /hɔːl/

## Meanings
1. to pull or drag with effort, or a quantity acquired or transported

## Examples
- They had to haul the heavy crates up three flights of stairs.

## Synonyms
- pull
- drag
- tug
- tow
- lug
- cart

## Antonyms
- push
- drop
- release

## Derived Forms
- hauled
- hauler
- hauling
- haulage

## Related Forms
- hale

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: halen
- Root: *halōną

## Etymology
From Middle English halen ('to drag, pull'), a variant influenced by Old French haler ('to haul'), itself from Frankish *halon ('to fetch'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Haul is from Middle English halen ('to drag, pull'), a variant influenced by Old French haler ('to haul'), itself from Frankish *halon ('to fetch'), of Germanic origin. Important recorded forms include halen (Middle English) and *halōną (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to pull or drag with effort, or a quantity acquired or transported. The wider family includes derived forms such as hauled, hauler, hauling, and haulage and related words such as hale.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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