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HAUL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of drawing or hauling something

Example:

the haul up the hill went very slowly

Synonyms:

draw; haul; haulage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("haul" is a kind of...):

pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haul"):

tow; towage (the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope)

Derivation:

haul (transport in a vehicle)

haul (draw slowly or heavily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quantity that was caught

Example:

the catch was only 10 fish

Synonyms:

catch; haul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("haul" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transport in a vehicle

Example:

haul vegetables to the market

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "haul" is one way to...):

carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "haul"):

piggyback (haul by railroad car)

piggyback (haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

haul; haulage (the act of drawing or hauling something)

hauler (a haulage contractor)

hauling (the activity of transporting goods by truck)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Draw slowly or heavily

Example:

haul nets

Synonyms:

cart; drag; hale; haul

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "haul" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "haul"):

bouse; bowse (haul with a tackle)

underrun (haul onto a boat)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

haul; haulage (the act of drawing or hauling something)

hauler (a haulage contractor)

hauling (the activity of transporting goods by truck)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Long-haul trucks on interstate highways often drive at relatively constant speeds with little or no intersections which makes autonomous driving easier to achieve.

(Tesla to Test Self-driving Electric Trucks, VOA News)

These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And in the afternoon of that day the women hauled in the meat of the bear while the men sat in council assembled.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Some eddying fragments I saw in the sea, as if a mere cask had been broken, in running to the spot where they were hauling in.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

However, they could think only of this new haul; so it was I, and not a bunch of apes, that dropped in on you in the morning.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This incredible haul of newly-discovered breast cancer genes provides us with many more genes to work on, most of which have not been studied before, said Dr Alison Dunning from the University of Cambridge.

(Detailed genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk, University of Cambridge)

In another instant he stood at the side of the hole and was hauling after him a companion, lithe and small like himself, with a pale face and a shock of very red hair.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A heavy surf thundered and burst over an outjutting rock; lowering storm-clouds covered the sky; and, outside the line of surf, a pilot-schooner, close-hauled, heeled over till every detail of her deck was visible, was surging along against a stormy sunset sky.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I was spared the trouble of answering, for Bessie seemed in too great a hurry to listen to explanations; she hauled me to the washstand, inflicted a merciless, but happily brief scrub on my face and hands with soap, water, and a coarse towel; disciplined my head with a bristly brush, denuded me of my pinafore, and then hurrying me to the top of the stairs, bid me go down directly, as I was wanted in the breakfast-room.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“They could never get the gun ashore, and if they did, they could never haul it through the woods.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)