hale

🇺🇸 /heɪl/ 🇬🇧 /heɪl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
adjective
R

Healthy and strong.

Even though he was old, he was still hale and could do a lot of work.

R

Pulling something with force.

The fisherman haled the net out of the water with great effort.

verb
R

To forcefully pull or drag something.

The lifeguards haled the drowning man from the water.

translation

adj. Healthy and strong.; Pulling something with force.
v. To forcefully pull or drag something.

Word Forms

Comparative haler
Superlative halest
Past haled
Progressive haling
3rd Present hales
Perfect haled