haul

1. 1.

   draw slowly or heavily

   “haul stones”

   “haul nets”

   Synonymshalecartdrag

   Broaderpull

   Narrowerbowseunderrun
2. 2.

   transport in a vehicle

   “haul stones from the quarry in a truck”

   “haul vegetables to the market”

   Broadertransport

   Narrowerpiggyback

Other forms of haul

plural

hauls·

past tense

hauled·

present participle

hauling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about haul

What does haul mean?

haul means "the act of drawing or hauling something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in haul?

haul has 1 syllable: haul. In IPA it is /ˈhɔl/.

What is another word for haul?

Close synonyms include draw, haulage, catch, hale, cart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is haul a common word?

haul is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with haul?

6 words rhyme with haul. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.