haul

To pull something heavy with a lot of effort.

• They hauled the boat ashore.
• We hauled the heavy box up the stairs.
• Can you help me haul this branch out of the water?

How to use it: haul someone/something + direction (They hauled the boat up onto the beach.)

Similar words: pull, drag, heave

Common phrases: haul something up, haul something ashore, haul in nets, haul someone out

To carry heavy goods from one place to another, usually using a vehicle.

• This truck hauls coal.
• Horses once hauled goods along this road.
• They hauled the old furniture away in a trailer.

How to use it: haul something to/from somewhere (Trucks haul gravel from the quarry to the building site.)

Similar words: transport, carry, cart

Common phrases: haul freight, haul logs, haul something away, haul something by truck

To move or travel very fast.

• That car is really hauling.
• He hauled down the road on his bike.
• We were hauling through town when the engine failed.

Similar words: speed, race, zoom

Common phrases: really haul, haul down something, haul through town

An amount of things caught, stolen, bought, or otherwise collected at one time.

• The fishermen brought home a huge haul.
• She showed us her shopping haul.
• Police recovered a haul of stolen jewellery.

How to use it: a haul of something (The police found a haul of stolen watches.)

Similar words: catch, loot, collection

Common phrases: shopping haul, large haul, haul of something, record haul

The distance that someone or something travels, especially when the journey is long or difficult.

• It's a long haul to the coast.
• The haul from the mine to the port is fifty miles.
• Was the drive home much of a haul?

Similar words: journey, trip

Common phrases: a long haul, a short haul, quite a haul