haul out

sacar a rastras, sacar

Sacar algo pesado de un lugar tirando de ello o transportándolo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: haul something out of something (We hauled the sofa out of the basement.)

Sinónimos: pull out, drag out

Expresiones frecuentes: haul out something, haul out old furniture

salir a tierra para descansar

Salir del agua para descansar en tierra, como hacen las focas y otros animales parecidos.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: haul out on/onto something (The seals haul out on these rocks every afternoon.)

Sinónimos: come ashore

Expresiones frecuentes: haul out ashore, haul out together, haul out onto ice

sacar del agua, poner en dique seco

Sacar una embarcación del agua, normalmente para repararla o guardarla.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: haul something out (They hauled the yacht out for repairs.)

Sinónimos: dry-dock

Antónimos: launch

Expresiones frecuentes: haul out something, haul out a boat

tensar la vela, rizar la vela

Tirar de un cabo para tensar una vela a lo largo de su soporte o reducir su superficie.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: haul out something, haul out the sail

virar bruscamente

Cambiar bruscamente la dirección de una embarcación.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: veer, turn sharply

Expresiones frecuentes: haul out sharply, haul out seaward