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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. 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);
[syn: Hale, Nathan Hale]

2. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938);
[syn: Hale, George Ellery Hale]

3. prolific United States writer (1822-1909);
[syn: Hale, Edward Everett Hale]


VERB (2)

1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city";
- Example: "He squeezed her for information"
[syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force]

2. draw slowly or heavily;
- Example: "haul stones"
- Example: "haul nets"
[syn: haul, hale, cart, drag]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health;
- Example: "hale and hearty"
- Example: "whole in mind and body"
- Example: "a whole person again"
[syn: hale, whole]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel.
   heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]
   Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale
   body.
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         Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hale \Hale\, n.
   Welfare. [Obs.]
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         All heedless of his dearest hale.        --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l or h[add]l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Haled (h[=a]ld or h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
   [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See
   Haul.]
   To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. --Chaucer.
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         Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton.
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         As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.
                                                  --Shelley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hale
    adj 1: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
           hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
           [syn: hale, whole]
    n 1: 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) [syn: Hale, Nathan Hale]
    2: United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are
       associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) [syn:
       Hale, George Ellery Hale]
    3: prolific United States writer (1822-1909) [syn: Hale,
       Edward Everett Hale]
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force]
    2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn:
       haul, hale, cart, drag]