haul

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /hɔl/ UK /hɔːl/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like hoar /l/ vs /ɹ/

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.

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

Common collocations

haul off 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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Topics

Numbers & Quantity

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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
- Numbers & Quantity

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