verb Download 🔗Share To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle. Examples : "to haul logs to a sawmill" vehicle action machine technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To drag, to pull, to tug. Examples : "The construction workers were hauling heavy pipes across the construction site. " action work nautical vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something. Examples : "The teacher is hauling Michael up after he cheated on the test. " action job law police work organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. Examples : "The oxen, yoked together and straining in opposite directions, were hauling, threatening to break free from the plow. " action animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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