Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Free from infirmity or illness; sound. synonym: healthy.
- transitive verb To compel to go.
- transitive verb Archaic To pull, draw, drag, or hoist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired in health: as, hale of body.
- Whole; entire; unbroken; without a break or other impairment.
- noun A violent pull; a haul; the act of dragging forcibly.
- noun A rake with long teeth for raking pebbles from brooks.
- noun An instrument for hanging a pot over a fire.
- 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.
- noun Safety; welfare: same as
heal . - To pour out.
- noun A tent; a pavilion; a temporary shelter.
- noun A pseudo-archaic form of
hole .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired.
- noun obsolete Welfare.
- transitive verb To pull; to drag; to haul.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
drag ,pull , especially forcibly. - noun archaic
Health ,welfare . - adjective
Sound ,entire ,healthy ;robust , not impaired.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
- verb draw slowly or heavily
- noun United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
- noun 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)
- noun prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
- verb to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The English word "health" comes from the Old English word hale, meaning "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well,".
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How Verlin Hale Killed the Biggest Typical Whitetail of 2008 With a Handgun 2009
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Anyway, the Valentinos are a young Aussie band whom you'll likely be hearing more from in the next six months or so ... they're a five piece from Sydney, who hale from the scene of next-wave bands (Van She, Presets, Bang Gang, Midnight Juggernauts, &c.) that are getting a lot of attention here in the US and in Europe.
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Anyway, the Valentinos are a young Aussie band whom you'll likely be hearing more from in the next six months or so ... they're a five piece from Sydney, who hale from the scene of next-wave bands (Van She, Presets, Bang Gang, Midnight Juggernauts, &c.) that are getting a lot of attention here in the US and in Europe.
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Well, pigs do fly, and there is ice water in hale.
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A pau ka lakou olelo ana me ke Alii no keia mau mea, hoihoiia aku la lakou a ma ka hale i hoomakaukauia no lakou.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Ia ia nae i hiki aku ai a ka hale, wehe ae la ke kahu o ke Alii i ka puka o ka Halealii, ia manawa, ua hoopuiwa kokeia ko Kahalaomapuana lunamanao, no ka ike ana aku ia Laieikawai e kau mai ana iluna o ka eheu
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Ia Laieikawai me kona kahu ma ka hale, mahope iho o ke kauoha ana a kona kupunawahine.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Ia Laielohelohe ma i hiki aku ai ma ka hale a Kekalukaluokewa e noho ana, aia hoi e hiamoe mai ana laua ma kahi hookahi, ua hoouhiia i ka aahu hookahi, e moe ana nae i ka ona a ka awa.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Ia hiki ana mai o Mokukelekahiki ma ma ka hale e moe nei ka moo.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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