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  1. 1. v. t. To pull or draw with force; to drag. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A pulling with force; a violent pull. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. the act of drawing or hauling something Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. the quantity that was caught Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. draw slowly or heavily Source: wordnet

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