HALE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Hale mean?
• HALE (noun)
The noun HALE has 3 senses:
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)
2. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
3. prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
Familiarity information: HALE used as a noun is uncommon.
• HALE (adjective)
The adjective HALE has 1 sense:
1. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
Familiarity information: HALE used as an adjective is very rare.
• HALE (verb)
The verb HALE has 2 senses:
1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
2. draw slowly or heavily
Familiarity information: HALE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HALE (noun)
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hale; Nathan Hale
Instance hypernyms:
American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
Meaning:
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
George Ellery Hale; Hale
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
Meaning:
Prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Edward Everett Hale; Hale
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
• HALE (adjective)
Meaning:
Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
Synonyms:
hale; whole
Context examples:
hale and hearty / whole in mind and body / a whole person again
Similar:
healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)
• HALE (verb)
Meaning:
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze
Context examples:
She forced him to take a job in the city / He squeezed her for information
Hypernyms (to "hale" is one way to...):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
Cause:
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hale"):
turn up the heat; turn up the pressure (apply great or increased pressure)
drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly)
bludgeon (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club)
steamroll; steamroller (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure)
squeeze for (squeeze someone for money, information, etc.)
dragoon; railroad; sandbag (compel by coercion, threats, or crude means)
terrorise; terrorize (coerce by violence or with threats)
bring oneself (cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Meaning:
Draw slowly or heavily
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cart; haul; hale; drag
Context examples:
haul stones / haul nets
Hypernyms (to "hale" is one way to...):
draw; force; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hale"):
bouse; bowse (haul with a tackle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
