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Adjective hale has 1 sense
- hale, whole - exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
Antonym: unhealthy (indirect, via healthy)
Noun hale has 3 senses
- Hale, 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)
--1 is a kind of American Revolutionary leader
- Hale, George Ellery Hale - United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
--2 is a kind of astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
- Hale, Edward Everett Hale - prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
--3 is a kind of writer, author
Verb hale has 2 senses
- coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force - 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"
--1 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- haul, hale, cart, drag - draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
--2 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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