Hale

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Free from infirmity or illness; sound. See Synonyms at healthy.
  • v. To compel to go: "In short order the human rights campaign was haled before a high court of indignation” ( Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
  • v. Archaic To pull, draw, drag, or hoist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To drag, pull, especially forcibly.
  • adj. Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
  • n. Health, welfare.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired.
  • n. Welfare.
  • v. To pull; to drag; to haul.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drag; draw; pull; move by dragging.
  • To vex; trouble; worry; “pull and haul.”
  • To get by solicitation or importunity.
  • To go or come by means of drawing, pushing, or pressing; push or press on; move on; proceed.
  • n. A violent pull; a haul; the act of dragging forcibly.
  • n. A rake with long teeth for raking pebbles from brooks.
  • n. An instrument for hanging a pot over a fire.
  • Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired in health: as, hale of body.
  • Whole; entire; unbroken; without a break or other impairment.
  • n. Safety; welfare: same as heal.
  • To pour out.
  • n. A tent; a pavilion; a temporary shelter.
  • n. A pseudo-archaic form of hole.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  • v. draw slowly or heavily
  • n. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
  • n. 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)
  • n. prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
  • v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
  • Equivalent
    healthy   
    Antonym
    unhale   
    Verb Form
    haled    hales    haling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Form
    haled    haling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sound    entire    healthy    robust    welfare    pull    drag    haul    draw   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Jarrell    Male   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hiki    hewa    manao    wahi    hoi    manawa    pii    malama    kuu    kaikamahine