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# hauling

verb, -ing form of haul (haul, hauls, hauled, hauling); noun (hauling — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Pulling or dragging something heavy with effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#m1)
2. Carrying goods by lorry or truck from place to place; hauling as a noun is this job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#m2)
3. (informal) Taking someone somewhere they do not want to go: hauling them off to the dentist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science (forces, pulling) and in stories of fishermen, sailors and builders; in adult life, trucking jobs. Phrases: hauling in the nets, hauling up, long-distance hauling.

### Examples

- The fishermen were hauling in their nets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x1)
- We were hauling the heavy box up the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x2)
- The truck is hauling logs to the sawmill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x3)
- Horses were used for hauling carts long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x4)
- Mum is hauling us off to see Aunt Jean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x5)
- Hauling a sledge uphill is hard work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x6)
- One beautiful bright morning, as he was hauling his well-filled nets into the boat, he saw lying among the fishes a tiny little turtle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hauling/#x7)

### Note

Base verb haul; past hauled. Homophone trap: haul sounds like hall. Haul as a noun also means a lot of stolen or caught things: a big haul of fish.

## On Mova

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