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haul, hauled,
hauling,
hauls.verbs
transitive
verb use.to pull or drag.forcibly;
tug;
to transport, as with a truck
or cart;
to compel
to go (hauled the crooks
to court); in nautical.terms,
to change the course
of a ship, especially
in order to sail closer into the wind
intransitive
verb use.to pull; tug; to lug;
to provide.transportation;
cart; to shift
direction (the wind hauled to the east); in nautical
terms, to change the course of a ship
haul.noun,.plural.hauls
the act
of pulling or dragging
(we loaded 2 hauls of fish today onto the ship); the act of transporting
or carting; a distance, especially the distance over which something is
pulled or transported (he drives for a long haul trucking company, so he's
away for days at a time); something that is pulled or transported; a load;
everything collected or acquired
by a single effort; the take (a big haul of fish)
haul off.intransitive
phrasal verb.
used with 'and' with a following verb describing
a usually sudden and violent
act; to draw back slightly,
as in preparation for initiating
an action (she hauled off and hit him for his remark);
to shift operations
to a new place; to move away
haul off.verb
take away by means of a vehicle (they carted off
the old car to the junk yard; hauled off the garbage to the land fill)
hauler.noun,.plural.haulers
Herodotus,
B.C.E.
5th century, a Greek historian who wrote about what was going on back then,
including about the Persian wars, in his book called.History;
he is known as the Father of History
holler,
hollered,
hollering,
hollers.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
yell or shout
transitive verb use.to
shout out words or phrases
holler.noun,.plural.hollers
a yell or shout; a call
hatred.noun,.plural.hatreds
intense.animosity.or.hostility
hate,
hated,
hating,
hates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
feel hostility or animosity toward;
do detest; to feel dislike
or distaste for (hates washing
dishes; hates winter); as often used in the Bible, the word 'hate'
means 'to love less by comparison' or disliked, that is, to care not much
for (Proverbs 14:20)
intransitive verb use.to
feel hatred
hate.noun,.plural.hates
intense animosity or dislike;
an object of detestation or hatred
(my pet hate is tardiness)
hater.noun,.plural.haters
to love less than a comparison
(the kids are haters of cutting the lawn, but hate less than that, leaving
their playing to come in the house for lunch)
hateful.adjective
eliciting
or deserving hatred; feeling
or showing hatred; malevolent
hatefully.adverb
hatefulness.noun
helter-skelter.adverb
in disorderly.haste;
confusedly
(her life was going here, then there, then anywhere, because she had no
idea how to design it);
haphazardly;
you use helter-skelter to describe
something that is hurried and disorganized,
especially
when things happen very quickly,
one after the other (he now faces another crisis in his helter-skelter
existence as he didn't deal properly with the first one to solve
it)
helter-skelter.adjective
carelessly.hurried
and confused; haphazard
helter-skelter.noun,.plural.helter-skelters
turmoil;
confusion
howling.adjective
marked
by the sound of howling (a howling wind); desolate;
dreary
(a howling wilderness it was with the wind and the dust blowing)
howl,
howled,
howling,
howls.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
utter
or emit a long, mournful,
plaintive
sound; to wail; to cry loudly as in
pain or sorrow
transitive verb use.to
express or utter with a howl
howl.noun,.plural.howls
a long, wailing cry
howler.noun,.plural.howlers
one that howls (a dog that
turned out to be a persistent
howler; in the African night one can often hear the howlers, the jackals
and hyenas sorrowful for lack of food); a howler monkey
hapless.adjective
unfortunate (a wretched
life many of us have until we discover the
secret to changing it); miserable;
poor
haplessly.adverb
haplessness.noun
haply.adverb
by chance or accident (she
haply came across the
secret to life); if; if only
headlong.adjective
uncontrollably forceful
or fast; steep; sheer;
done with the head leading; headfirst (a headlong dive); impetuous;
rash
headlong.adverb
with the head leading; headfirst
(the runner slid headlong into third base); in an impetuous manner;
rashly;
at breakneck speed or with uncontrolled force
hepped up.adjective
enthused
about; interested or preoccupied
in something to a great degree
(she is hepped on photography); keenly.aware
of, knowledgeable about or
interested in the latest trends or development
hightail,
hightailed,
hightailing,
hightails.intransitive
verbs
to go as fast as possible
in retreating (hightailed out
of town)
hew,
hewed,
hewn.or.hewed,
hewing,
hews.verbs
transitive verb use.to
make or shape with or as if with an ax (hew a path through the underbrush);
to cut down with an ax; fell (hew an oak tree)
intransitive verb use.to
cut something by repeated blows, as of an ax; to adhere
or conform.strictly;
hold (he was hewed to the core in his studies)
hewer.noun,.plural.hewers
hallowed.adjective
sanctified;
consecrated;
highly venerated (a hallowed
cemetery); sacrosanct (our
hallowed war heroes)
hallow,
hallowed,
hallowing,
hallows.transitive
verbs
to make or set apart as
holy;
to respect or honor
greatly; revere
hound.noun,.plural.hounds
a domestic
dog of any of various.breeds.commonly.used
for hunting, characteristically
having drooping ears, a short coat and a deep, resonant voice; a dog; a
contemptible
person; a scoundrel; one who
eagerly.pursues.something
(a news hound)
hound,
hounded,
hounding,
hounds.transitive
verbs
to pursue relentlessly
and tenaciously; harass
(always being hounded with pop ups to get their newest browser even after
trying it and not liking it); to urge.insistently;
nag
(hounded me until I agreed to cut my hair)
hounder.noun,.plural.hounders
hurl,
hurled,
hurling,
hurls.verbs
transitive verb use.to
throw with force; fling;
to send with great vigor; thrust(hurled
the shot put a long enough way
to win the trophy); to throw down; overthrow; to utter.vehemently
intransitive verb use.to
move with speed or force; hurtle; to throw something with force; to pitch
the ball
hurl.noun,.plural.hurls
hurler.noun,.plural.hurlers
hurtle,
hurtled,
hurtling,
hurtles.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
move with or as if with great speed and a rushing noise (an express train
that hurtled past)
transitive verb use.to
fling
with great force; hurl
hulk.noun,.plural.hulks
in nautical.terms,
a heavy,
unwieldy ship; the hull
of an old, unseaworthy or wrecked
ship; one, such as a person or an object, that is bulky, clumsy
or unwieldy
hulk,
hulked,
hulking,
hulks.intransitive
verbs
to appear as a massive or
towering form; loom (the big truck
hulked out of the fog); to move clumsily
hull.noun,.plural.hulls
the dry outer covering of
a fruit, seed or nut; a husk; the
enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as
a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached;
in nautical.terms,
the frame or body of a ship, exclusive
of masts, engines or superstructure;
the main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, an airship
or a flying boat; the outer casing of a rocket, guided missile or spaceship
hull,
hulled,
hulling,
hulls.transitive
verbs
to remove the hulls of fruit
or seeds, grains, etc.
hyacinth.noun.also
called jacinth
a bulbous
Mediterranean plant (Hyacinthus orientalis) having narrow leaves and a
terminal raceme of variously colored, usually fragrant flowers, with a
funnel-shaped perianth; also called jacinth; any of several similar or
related plants, such as the grape hyacinth; a deep purplish blue to vivid
violet; a reddish or cinnamon-colored variety of transparent zircon, used
as a gemstone; a blue precious stone, perhaps the sapphire, known in antiquity
hyacinthine.adjective
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