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RELATED WORDS : edward everett hale george ellery hale nathan hale

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Hale has 3 senses

• hale(n = noun.person) nathan hale - a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776); Array
is a kind of american revolutionary leader

• hale(n = noun.person) george ellery hale - United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938); Array
is a kind of astronomer, stargazer, uranologist

• hale(n = noun.person) edward everett hale - prolific United States writer (1822-1909); Array
is a kind of author, writer

Verb Hale has 2 senses

• hale(v = verb.social) coerce, force, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :; "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
is one way to compel, obligate, oblige
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

• hale(v = verb.contact) cart, drag, haul - draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
is one way to draw, force, pull
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Adjective Hale has 1 sense

• hale(s = adj.all) whole - exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
Derived form noun haleness₁

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THESAURUS

Hale

able-bodied, beefy, bouncing, bunkum, doughty, drag, draggle, draw, fit, flourishing, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, gutsy, gutty, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, haul, healthy, hearty, heave, hefty, husky, in the pink, iron-hard, lug, lusty, mighty, nervy, obstinate, potent, powerful, puissant, pull, red-blooded, right, robust, robustious, robustuous, rude, rugged, sane, snake, sound, stalwart, steely, stout, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, take in tow, tow, trail, train, trawl, troll, tug, vigorous, vital, well, wholesome

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Hale

Health

N health, sanity, soundness, vigor, good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health, bloom, mens sana in corpore sano, Hygeia, incorruption, incorruptibility, good state of health, clean bill of health, eupepsia, euphoria, euphory, St. Anthony's fire, healthy, healthful, in health, well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole, florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof, unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed, unmarred, untainted, sound of wind and limb, safe and sound, on one's legs, sound as a roach, sound as a bell, fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April, hearty as a buck, in fine feather, in high feather, in good case, in full bloom, pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected, sanitary sanatory, health that snuffs the morning air, non est vivere sed valere vita.

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