Haul and Shift

Haul

Haul verb - To support and take from one place to another.

Usage example: a vast army of trucks haul produce across America every day

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Shift and haul are semantically related in move topic. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a verb "Haul", when it comes to topics like transport.

Nearby Words: hauled, haulage, hauling, hauler

Shift

Shift verb - To change the place or position of.

Usage example: he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over

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Synonyms for Shift

Antonyms for Shift

Haul and shift are semantically related in move topic. Sometimes you can use "Haul" instead a verb "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

total	total haul	total shift
original	original haul	original shift
single	single haul	single shift
entire	entire haul	entire shift
Other adjectives: massive, large, big, huge, slow, significant, last, biggest.

Common collocations

body	haul body	shift body
mass	haul mass	shift mass
bit	haul bit	shift bit
weight	haul weight	shift weight

Both words in one sentence

She does this by removing all her clothes and unwinding her bindings to fashion a make-shift rope and then, completely naked, proceeding to haul him back up to the top.

Source: Flower from the Mountaintop
Apparently when an intern forgets to bring donuts, the proper response is to shift into sport mode, play "Ride of the Valkyries", crash through a plate glass window, and haul donuts to the office at a dead sprint.

Source: Mundane Made Awesome / Advertising

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