hale
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)
- United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
- prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
- Health, welfare.
Verb
Verb Forms: hale, haled, haling, hales
- To compel someone to go; to drag or pull.
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
- draw slowly or heavily
- To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
Adjective Satellite
- exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
- "hale and hearty"
Adj
- Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
Adjective
- In good health; strong and robust.
Examples
- Despite the long Words With Friends game, he remained HALE and ready for a rematch.
- He had to HALE a new strategy from thin air to win the Scrabble game.
Origin / Etymology
From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”) (whence whole), from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.
Synonyms
cart, coerce, drag, Edward Everett Hale, force, George Ellery Hale, haul, Nathan Hale, pressure, squeeze, whole
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
hale: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhale: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hale: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary