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How to spell haul

Haul is spelled H-A-U-L.

hear ithaul/hɔl/verbLong vowels

What it means: To pull or transport something heavy.

In a sentence: The ants work hard to haul leaves back to their nest.

Same family: hauls, hauled, hauling, hauler, transport. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Haul” likely comes from Middle English and Old French words meaning ‘to pull or drag,’ related to moving something with effort. It is also used as a noun in phrases like “a big haul,” meaning a large amount of things collected or stolen.

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