haul

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for haul

haul 🔊 /hɔˈl/

haul : ඇදුම

haul definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
  2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
  3. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Intransitive verb. To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, Transitive verb.

Noun.

  1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.
  2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.
  3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.
  4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.
  5. A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.