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hale

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Quick answer

As an adjective, hale means exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health. As a verb, it means drag or pull, especially forcibly.

Meanings of hale

6 meanings

adjective

Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
“hale and hearty”
“whole in mind and body”
“a whole person again”
Similar: whole

Older and rare meanings (1)

datedSound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

noun

archaicHealth, welfare.

verb

To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
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”
Similar: coerce, squeeze, pressure, force
Draw slowly or heavily
“haul stones”
“haul nets”
Similar: haul, cart, drag

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adjective: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

verb: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical…

coerce squeeze pressure force

verb: draw slowly or heavily

Words that rhyme with hale

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