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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Haul \Haul\, v. i.
     1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the
        wind. See under Haul, v. t.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an
              island.                               --Cook.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the
        compass; -- said of the wind.
  
     To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order
        to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to
        draw back.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of
     German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire,
     get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n,
     G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to
     call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t.,
     Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
     1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some dance, some haul the rope.       --Denham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Romp-loving miss
              Is hauled about in gallantry robust.  --Thomson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to
        haul logs to a sawmill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When I was seven or eight years of age, I began
              hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
                                                    --U. S. Grant.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To haul over the coals. See under Coal.
  
     To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship
        nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Haul \Haul\, n.
     1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at
        a haul.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by
        hauling a net.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which
        anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a
        long haul or short haul.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to
        be tarred.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Haul \Haul\ (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of
     German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire,
     get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n,
     G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to
     call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t.,
     Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
     1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
  
              Some dance, some haul the rope.       --Denham.
  
              Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry
              robust.                               --Thomson.
  
     2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to
        haul logs to a sawmill.
  
              When I was seven or eight years of age, I began
              hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
                                                    --U. S. Grant.
  
     To haul over the coals. See under Coal.
  
     To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship
        nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Haul \Haul\, n.
     1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
  
     2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at
        a haul.
  
     3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by
        hauling a net.
  
     4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which
        anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a
        long haul or short haul.
  
     5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to
        be tarred.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Haul \Haul\, v. i.
     1. (Naut.) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the
        wind. See under Haul, v. t.
  
              I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an
              island.                               --Cook.
  
     2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
  
     To haul around (Naut.), to shift to any point of the
        compass; -- said of the wind.
  
     To haul off (Naut.), to sail closer to the wind, in order
        to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to
        draw back.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  haul
       n 1: the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the
            hill went very slowly" [syn: draw, haulage]
       2: the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish"
          [syn: catch]
       v 1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: hale,
             cart, drag]
       2: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a
          truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η μεταφορά φορτίου
     2 η λεία ενός κλέφτη
     3 η ψαριά
     4 τα ψώνια, το σύνολο των αγορών που έκανε κάποιος πηγαίνοντας μια
  φορά στα μαγαζιά
     Αγγλικά vb.
     μεταφέρω (βαρύ) φορτίο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm hayle  hail)
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb or pulling#Noun, particularly with force#Noun; a
  (violent) pull#Noun or tug#Noun.
     2 The distance#Noun over which something is hauled or transport#Verb,
  especially if long#Adjective.
     3 An amount#Noun of something that has been take#Verb, especially of
  fish#Noun, illegal#Adjective loot#Noun, or items purchase#Verb on a
  shop#Verb trip#Noun.
     4 (lb en Internet) (short for en haul video  video#Noun video
  post#Verb posted on the Internet consisting of someone show#Verb showing
  and talk#Verb talking about recently purchased#Adjective purchased
  items)
     5 (lb en ropemaking) A bundle#Noun of many thread#Noun to be
  tar#Verb.
     6 (senseid en fourgoals)(lb en British association football) Four
  goals scored by one player in a game.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To transport#Verb by draw#Verb or pull#Verb, as
  with horse#Noun or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
     2 (lb en transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
     3 (lb en transitive) To carry or transport#Verb something, with a
  connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move#Verb.
     4 (lb en transitive figuratively) To drag#Verb, to pull, to tug#Verb.
     5 (lb en transitive figuratively) ''Followed by'' '''(l en up)''': to
  summon to be discipline#Verb or hold#verb answerable for something.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when
  yoked#Adjective.
     7 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To steer#Verb (a vessel)
  close#Adjective to the wind#Noun.
     8 (lb en intransitive nautical) Of the wind#Noun: to shift#Verb fore
  (more towards the bow#Noun).
     9 (lb en intransitive US colloquial) To (l en haul ass  go
  fast#Adjective fast).
     Yola n.
     hall

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Haul
     Plautdietsch n.
     hall

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb or pulling#Noun, particularly with force#Noun; a
  (violent) pull#Noun or tug#Noun.
     2 The distance#Noun over which something is hauled or transport#Verb,
  especially if long#Adjective.
     3 An amount#Noun of something that has been take#Verb, especially of
  fish#Noun, illegal#Adjective loot#Noun, or items purchase#Verb on a
  shop#Verb trip#Noun.
     4 (lb en Internet) (short for en haul video  video#Noun video
  post#Verb posted on the Internet consisting of someone show#Verb showing
  and talk#Verb talking about recently purchased#Adjective purchased
  items)
     5 (lb en ropemaking) A bundle#Noun of many thread#Noun to be
  tar#Verb.
     6 (senseid en fourgoals)(lb en British association football) Four
  goals scored by one player in a game.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To transport#Verb by draw#Verb or pull#Verb, as
  with horse#Noun or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
     2 (lb en transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
     3 (lb en transitive) To carry or transport#Verb something, with a
  connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move#Verb.
     4 (lb en transitive figuratively) To drag#Verb, to pull, to tug#Verb.
     5 (lb en transitive figuratively) ''Followed by'' '''(l en up)''': to
  summon to be discipline#Verb or hold#verb answerable for something.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when
  yoked#Adjective.
     7 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To steer#Verb (a vessel)
  close#Adjective to the wind#Noun.
     8 (lb en intransitive nautical) Of the wind#Noun: to shift#Verb fore
  (more towards the bow#Noun).
     9 (lb en intransitive US colloquial) To (l en haul ass  go
  fast#Adjective fast).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm hayle  hail)
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb or pulling#Noun, particularly with force#Noun; a
  (violent) pull#Noun or tug#Noun.
     2 The distance#Noun over which something is hauled or transport#Verb,
  especially if long#Adjective.
     3 An amount#Noun of something that has been take#Verb, especially of
  fish#Noun, illegal#Adjective loot#Noun, or items purchase#Verb on a
  shop#Verb trip#Noun.
     4 (lb en Internet) (short for en haul video  video#Noun video
  post#Verb posted on the Internet consisting of someone show#Verb showing
  and talk#Verb talking about recently purchased#Adjective purchased
  items)
     5 (lb en ropemaking) A bundle#Noun of many thread#Noun to be
  tar#Verb.
     6 (senseid en fourgoals)(lb en British association football) Four
  goals scored by one player in a game.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To transport#Verb by draw#Verb or pull#Verb, as
  with horse#Noun or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
     2 (lb en transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
     3 (lb en transitive) To carry or transport#Verb something, with a
  connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move#Verb.
     4 (lb en transitive figuratively) To drag#Verb, to pull, to tug#Verb.
     5 (lb en transitive figuratively) ''Followed by'' '''(l en up)''': to
  summon to be discipline#Verb or hold#verb answerable for something.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when
  yoked#Adjective.
     7 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To steer#Verb (a vessel)
  close#Adjective to the wind#Noun.
     8 (lb en intransitive nautical) Of the wind#Noun: to shift#Verb fore
  (more towards the bow#Noun).
     9 (lb en intransitive US colloquial) To (l en haul ass  go
  fast#Adjective fast).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm hayle  hail)
     n.
     1 An act of #Verb or pulling#Noun, particularly with force#Noun; a
  (violent) pull#Noun or tug#Noun.
     2 The distance#Noun over which something is hauled or transport#Verb,
  especially if long#Adjective.
     3 An amount#Noun of something that has been take#Verb, especially of
  fish#Noun, illegal#Adjective loot#Noun, or items purchase#Verb on a
  shop#Verb trip#Noun.
     4 (lb en Internet) (short for en haul video  video#Noun video
  post#Verb posted on the Internet consisting of someone show#Verb showing
  and talk#Verb talking about recently purchased#Adjective purchased
  items)
     5 (lb en ropemaking) A bundle#Noun of many thread#Noun to be
  tar#Verb.
     6 (senseid en fourgoals)(lb en British association football) Four
  goals scored by one player in a game.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To transport#Verb by draw#Verb or pull#Verb, as
  with horse#Noun or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
     2 (lb en transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
     3 (lb en transitive) To carry or transport#Verb something, with a
  connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move#Verb.
     4 (lb en transitive figuratively) To drag#Verb, to pull, to tug#Verb.
     5 (lb en transitive figuratively) ''Followed by'' '''(l en up)''': to
  summon to be discipline#Verb or hold#verb answerable for something.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when
  yoked#Adjective.
     7 (lb en ambitransitive nautical) To steer#Verb (a vessel)
  close#Adjective to the wind#Noun.
     8 (lb en intransitive nautical) Of the wind#Noun: to shift#Verb fore
  (more towards the bow#Noun).
     9 (lb en intransitive US colloquial) To (l en haul ass  go
  fast#Adjective fast).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     Englanti n.
     kuljetus, saalis
     Englanti vb.
     vetää, kiskoa, raahata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  haul
     Engelska n.
     1 halning, drag, släp, bogsering, transport, frakt
     2 fångst, notvarp
     Engelska vb.
     hala, dra, släpa, bogsera, transportera, frakta

From Eurfa Cymraeg, Welsh-English Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:cym-eng ]


  haul /hˈaɨl/ 
  sun

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  haul /hˈɔːl/
  trek

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Haul /hˈɔːl/
  العتلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  haul //hɑl// //hɔl// //hɔːl// 
  1. улов
  amount of something taken
  2. буксир
  distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  haul //hɑl// //hɔl// //hɔːl// 
  1. дърпам 2.
  (figuratively) to drag, pull, tug
   3.
  to transport by drawing or pulling
  2. влача, тегля
  to draw or pull something heavy