haling

present participle of hale
as in pulling
to cause to follow by applying steady force on the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for haling
Verb
  • All major indexes dipped slightly Tuesday, with tech shares such as Nvidia and Microsoft pulling back.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Good Times Oakland is pulling from a deep well of retail bottles, and has a bar for the public to sip and sup.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Crews are also engaged in mopping up, addressing hot spots, and back-hauling equipment on the eastern, southern, and western sides of the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And it’s mostly designed to compete with SpaceX’s Falcon rockets by hauling satellites and other cargo to Earth’s orbit at a fraction of the price of older technologies.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Moncur struggled for seven minutes, dragging Blaze — who was locked on her arm — to the front of the facility in search of help.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The trends have contributed to a slump in consumer confidence, dragging on spending and threatening leaders’ official growth target for this year of around 5%.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Haling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on haling

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!