haul
/hɔːl/verb
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
1
To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
2
To draw or pull something heavy.
3
To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
4
To drag, to pull, to tug.
5
Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
6
To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
7
To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
8
Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
9
To haul ass (“go fast”).
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Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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