This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Another word for haul

a-z
Verb

  1. To exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force

      1. To pull something vigorously or repeatedly:
      2. To drag; haul
      3. To pull at vigorously or repeatedly:
      1. To pull or drag behind
      2. To pull by a rope or chain
      3. To draw or pull behind by a chain or line:
      1. To draw apart; rip; tear
      2. To draw out; pluck out; extract
      3. (Dial.) To draw the entrails from (a fowl)
      1. To pull in (a dragnet, etc.)
      2. To compose or write out in legal format:
      3. To bring about deliberately; provoke:
      1. To pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul
      2. To bring up or catch by such means.
      3. To draw on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
    See also:

    push

Noun

  1. The act of drawing or pulling a load

      1. A pulling or drawing, esp. of a load, vehicle, etc. over a road, track, or other surface
      2. The power, as of tires on pavement, to grip or hold to a surface while moving, without slipping
      3. The condition of being drawn or pulled.
      1. A dragging, tugging, attracting, etc.
      2. (Slang) A means of gaining special advantage; influence:
      3. The act or process of pulling:
      1. The result of drawing.
      2. A special advantage; an edge:
      3. (--- Games) A draw shot.
      1. A device used to catch and haul up something under water; grapnel, dragnet, etc.
      2. (Slang) A dull or boring person, situation, etc.
      3. Something dragged or pulled along the ground
      1. (Mech.) The taper given to a pattern or die so that the work can be removed easily
      2. (Sports) A system by which a league, as of professional teams, allots to each team the right to contract specified individuals in a group of players, esp. new players, usually by giving each team a turn to select one player until each roster is full
      3. A drawing or pulling, as of a vehicle or load
    See also:

    push

  2. Something carried physically

    See also:

    over

    heavy

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for haul

Noun

  1. A pull

      1. A sudden, sharp twist or pull
      2. An injury caused by a twist or jerk, as to the back, a joint, etc.
      3. Any of various hand or power tools, often having fixed or adjustable jaws, used for gripping, turning, or twisting objects such as nuts, bolts, or pipes, typically at an angle perpendicular to the object's axis.
      1. Elevated position or carriage, as of the neck, head, etc.
      2. Assistance or help:
      3. A device for lifting an automobile for repairs
      1. A contest; a struggle:
      2. A rope, chain, or strap used in hauling, especially a harness trace.
      3. A land, air, or space vehicle that moves or tows other vehicles:
    See also:

    pull

  2. The distance something is hauled

      1. Plural form of yard
      2. (Nautical, plural only) The totality of the sailing rig.
      1. A written account of a voyage
      2. The events of a journey of exploration or discovery considered as material for a narrative.
      3. A long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea.
      1. A certain way of life or situation:
      2. A going from one place to another; a journey.
      3. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience:
    See also:

    distance

  3. *Something obtained, especially loot

      1. A quantity collected at one time, especially the amount of profit or receipts taken on a business venture or from ticket sales at a sporting event.
      2. Something that has been taken
      3. An interpretation or assessment, as of an event:
      1. The act of finding.
      2. Something found, esp. something interesting or valuable
      3. Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery:
    See also:

    catch

    booty

Verb
      1. To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place:
      2. To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location:
      3. To get the attention of; attract:
      1. To be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
      2. To bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force
      3. To bring up or catch by such means.
      1. To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force:
      2. (Slang) To draw out (a weapon) in readiness for use:
      3. (Informal) To put into effect; carry out; perform
    See also:

    pull

    draw

Idioms:

    in or over the long haul

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • It was the short haul that needed work.

  • I don't know, but hikers can use them to haul their things.

  • I didn't have to haul it up with a bucket, though.

  • Their small car didn't have room to haul the container across the prairie.

  • He absorbed the blast and bent to haul her up.

More sentences →

Words that mention haul in the Dictionary

Words near haul in the Thesaurus