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Hale   /heɪl/   Listen
Hale

noun
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).  Synonym: Nathan Hale.
2.
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938).  Synonym: George Ellery Hale.
3.
Prolific United States writer (1822-1909).  Synonym: Edward Everett Hale.
verb
(past & past part. haled; pres. part. haling)
1.
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.  Synonyms: coerce, force, pressure, squeeze.  "He squeezed her for information"
2.
Draw slowly or heavily.  Synonyms: cart, drag, haul.  "Haul nets"
adjective
(Written also hail)
1.
Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.  Synonym: whole.  "Whole in mind and body" , "A whole person again"



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"Hale" Quotes from Famous Books



... warm with enervating humidity; in that atmosphere the dormant germs of the girl's general disgust with the metropolis and all its affairs were incubated. Breathing the heavy air which sulked at the window, she pondered on the hale refreshment of the northern forests. But it seemed to her that there was no honesty in the woods any more. That day, fate searching her out at last, she had been dragged in as a party in a plot against her stricken grandfather. ...
— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day

... of summer moonlight he showed as a hale and husky fellow of about thirty years, with dark hair and eyes and a handsome, downcast face. His uniform was faded and dusty; not a trace of the horizon-blue was left; only a gray shadow. He had no knapsack on his back, no gun on ...
— The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France • Henry Van Dyke

... menace and which in fact will explode only when it strikes the ground is that devised by Mr. Marten-Hale. This projectile follows the usual pear-shape, and has a rotating tail to preserve direction when in flight. The detonator is held away from the main charge by a collar and ball-bearing which are held in place by the projecting end of a screw-releasing spindle. ...
— Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War • Frederick A. Talbot

... Insurance and such like societies, were they instead of having the persons examined by a medical man, to have the houses, conditions, ways of life, of these persons examined, at how much truer results would they arrive! W. Smith appears a fine hale man, but it might be known that the next cholera epidemic he runs a bad chance. Mr. and Mrs. J. are a strong healthy couple, but it might be known that they live in such a house, in such a part of London, so near the river that they will kill four-fifths of their children; which of the children ...
— Notes on Nursing - What It Is, and What It Is Not • Florence Nightingale

... effect may not be a desirable one unless we use words suited to the occasion described and to the person writing. Pupils of high school age know the meaning of many words which are too "bookish" for daily use by them. Edward Everett Hale might use expressions which would not be suitable for a freshman's composition. Taste and good judgment will help you to avoid the unsuitable ...
— Composition-Rhetoric • Stratton D. Brooks


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