hauling

Everyday

1. Pulling or dragging something heavy with effort. tree →
2. Carrying goods by lorry or truck from place to place; hauling as a noun is this job. tree →
3. (informal) Taking someone somewhere they do not want to go: hauling them off to the dentist. tree →

In the lessons

In science (forces, pulling) and in stories of fishermen, sailors and builders; in adult life, trucking jobs. Phrases: hauling in the nets, hauling up, long-distance hauling.

Examples

• The fishermen were hauling in their nets. tree →
• We were hauling the heavy box up the stairs. tree →
• The truck is hauling logs to the sawmill. tree →
• Horses were used for hauling carts long ago. tree →
• Mum is hauling us off to see Aunt Jean. tree →
• Hauling a sledge uphill is hard work. tree →
• One beautiful bright morning, as he was hauling his well-filled nets into the boat, he saw lying among the fishes a tiny little turtle. tree →

Note

Base verb haul; past hauled. Homophone trap: haul sounds like hall. Haul as a noun also means a lot of stolen or caught things: a big haul of fish.