haul

[[t]hɔl[/t]]

v. t.

1) to pull or draw with force; drag

2) to cart or transport; carry:

to haul freight[/ex]

3) to arrest or bring before a magistrate or other authority:

to haul someone into court[/ex]

4) to pull or tug

5) to go or come to a place, esp. with effort:

to haul into town after a long drive[/ex]

6) trs bus to do carting or transport, or move freight commercially

7) naut.

a) naut. navig. to sail, as in a particular direction

b) naut. navig. (of the wind) to shift to a direction closer to the heading of a vessel

(opposed to veer)

c) naut. navig. (of the wind) to change direction, shift, or veer (often fol. by round or to)

8) phv haul off

a) to withdraw; leave

b) Informal. to draw back the arm in order to strike; prepare to deal a blow

9) phv haul up

a) to bring before a superior for judgment or reprimand

b) to come to a halt; stop

c) naut. navig. (of a sailing vessel) to come closer to the wind

d) naut. navig. (of a vessel) to come to a halt

10) an act or instance of hauling; strong pull or tug

11) something that is hauled

12) the load hauled at one time; quantity carried or transported

13) the distance or route over which anything is hauled

14) spo the quantity of fish taken at one draft of the net

15) the act of taking or acquiring something

16) something that is taken or acquired

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Etymology: 1550–60; earlier hall, var. of hale II haul′er, n.