haul
verb
[ hɔːl ]
• (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.
• "he hauled his bike out of the shed"
Similar:
drag,
pull,
tug,
heave,
hump,
trail,
draw,
tow,
manhandle,
lug,
schlep,
hale,
• (of a vehicle) pull (an attached trailer or carriage) behind it.
• "the engine hauls the overnight sleeper from London Euston"
• (especially of a sailing ship) make an abrupt change of course.
• "my plan was to haul offshore, well clear of the land"
haul
noun
• a quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally.
• "they escaped with a haul of antiques"
Similar:
booty,
loot,
plunder,
spoils,
stolen goods,
gains,
ill-gotten gains,
swag,
the goods,
hot goods,
boodle,
• a distance to be covered in a journey.
• "the thirty-mile haul to Boston"
Origin:
mid 16th century (originally in the nautical sense ‘trim sails for sailing closer to the wind’): variant of hale2.
