haul — to pull or drag something heavy with effort
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to pull or drag something heavy with effort
Pronunciation (IPA): /hɔːl/
Example Sentences
- My mom made me haul all the shopping bags from the car - I felt like a pack mule!
- The students had to haul their heavy backpacks up five flights of stairs.
- After the garage sale, we hauled in enough money to buy pizza for everyone!
haul
VERB[/hɔːl/]
to pull or drag something heavy with effort
The lone fisherman managed to haul the massive net onto the dock, his boots scraping the wood.
HEAVE with ALL your strength — that is the only way to haul something this heavy.
After managing to crawl under the lasers, he had to haul the heavy gold over the wall.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old Norse 'hala' meaning to pull or drag, which came into Middle English through Norman French influence during the medieval period.
Breakdown
Single root word from Old Norse 'hala' (to pull) with no productive morpheme breakdown in modern English = haul
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📝Examples
“My mom made me haul all the shopping bags from the car - I felt like a pack mule!”
“The students had to haul their heavy backpacks up five flights of stairs.”
“After the garage sale, we hauled in enough money to buy pizza for everyone!”
“The truck driver knew it would be a long haul to deliver goods across the country.”
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