Adjective hale has 1 sense
  1. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Hale, Edward Everett Hale - prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
    --3 is a kind of writer, author
,Verb hale has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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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