Minimal pairs
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noun
Meanings
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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.
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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.
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