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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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U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Hale, CO
  Zip code(s): 80735
Hale, MI
  Zip code(s): 48739
Hale, MO (city, FIPS 29908)
  Location: 39.60519 N, 93.34324 W
  Population (1990): 480 (239 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 64643


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

69 Moby Thesaurus words for "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