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# haul

verb (haul, hauls, hauled, hauling); noun (a haul, hauls)

«haul» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To haul something means to pull or drag it with effort, because it is heavy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#m1)
2. (noun) A haul is an amount of something gained or caught, like fish in a net, stolen goods, or sweets at Halloween. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#m2)
3. (noun) A haul is a distance travelled: «a long haul». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#m3)
4. (verb, informal) To be hauled up or hauled in front of someone means to be made to go there to be told off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children talk about their «Halloween haul» of sweets; in sport, a player has a «haul» of goals or medals. In stories it shows effort: «They hauled the boat onto the beach». In transport, lorries haul goods. Phrases: «long haul», «haul up», «for the long haul», «haul of medals».

### Examples

- We hauled the heavy bags up the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x1)
- The fishermen hauled in their nets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x2)
- My Halloween haul was 40 sweets! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x3)
- Police found a big haul of stolen phones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x4)
- Australia won a haul of gold medals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x5)
- It's a long haul flight to New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x6)
- He was hauled in front of the head teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x7)
- Then he jerked away at the rope and his brothers began to haul it up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: hauled. Homophone: «hall» (a big room or corridor) in many accents — haul and hall sound the same in UK English. «Long-haul» (with a hyphen before a noun) means a very long trip. «For the long haul» means for a long time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «haul» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haul/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«haul» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haul.html) on Mova free.