verb · transitive · rare

hale

hale · hales · haled · haling

змусити, примусити, змушувати

заставить, заставлять, принудить

erzwingen, zwingen

To drag or pull, especially forciblyTo drag or pull, especially forcibly.

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/heɪl/

» Yes, I am hale and hearty!

Meaning

1 senses

To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

More definitions

draw slowly or heavily
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

Examples

4 sentences

Yes, I am hale and hearty!
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Comet Hale-Bopp has a very large nucleus.
deDer Komet Hale-Bopp besitzt einen sehr großen Kern.
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"I heard that Tom was dying." "Dying? He's hale and hearty!"
de„Ich habe gehört, Tom liege im Sterben.“ – „Im Sterben? Der ist gesund und munter!“
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"Here Scylla, gaping from her gloomy lair, / the passing vessels on the rocks doth hale."
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Origin

From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch h

From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch halen), from Proto-Germanic *halōną (compare Old English ġeholian, West Frisian helje, German holen), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to lift”) (compare Latin ex-cellō (“to surpass”), Tocharian B käly- (“to stand, stay”), Albanian qell (“to halt, hold up, carry”), Lithuanian kélti (“to raise up”), Ancient Greek κελέων (keléōn, “upright beam on a loom”)). Doublet of haul.

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Forms

hales, haling, haled, haled

Base form	hale · to hale
3rd person singular	hales
Present participle	haling
Past simple	haled
Past participle	haled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	hale
he, she, it	hales

Past simpleLesson

all persons

haled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have haled
he, she, it	has haled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will hale

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Close in meaning

draw slowly or heavily:haul cart drag
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means:coerce squeeze pressure force

Word family

2 related words

Derivedforhale overhale

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle