haul out

To pull or carry something heavy out of a place.

• Please help me haul out these boxes.
• We hauled the old furniture out of the garage.
• They used a rope to haul out the broken machine.

How to use it: haul something out of something (We hauled the sofa out of the basement.)

Similar words: pull out, drag out

Common phrases: haul out something, haul out old furniture

When seals or similar animals leave the water to rest on land, they do this.

• The seals haul out to rest.
• Several walruses hauled out onto the ice.
• Where do the pups usually haul out?

How to use it: haul out on/onto something (The seals haul out on these rocks every afternoon.)

Similar words: come ashore

Common phrases: haul out ashore, haul out together, haul out onto ice

To take a boat out of the water, usually for repairs or storage.

• We need to haul out the boat.
• They hauled the yacht out to paint its hull.
• Has the ship been hauled out for repairs?

How to use it: haul something out (They hauled the yacht out for repairs.)

Similar words: dry-dock

Opposites: launch

Common phrases: haul out something, haul out a boat

To pull a rope to stretch a sail along its support or make the sail smaller.

• The crew hauled out the sail.
• Haul out carefully until the sail is tight.
• We hauled out to reef the sail before the storm.

Common phrases: haul out something, haul out the sail

To turn a boat sharply away from the direction it was going.

• The ship hauled out to avoid the rocks.
• The captain ordered us to haul out sharply.
• We hauled out of the channel as another vessel approached.

Similar words: veer, turn sharply

Common phrases: haul out sharply, haul out seaward