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HALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
Synonyms:
Edward Everett Hale; Hale
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
Synonyms:
George Ellery Hale; Hale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)
Sense 3
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)
Synonyms:
Hale; Nathan Hale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
Example:
a whole person again
Synonyms:
hale; whole
Classified under:
Similar:
healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)
Derivation:
haleness (a state of robust good health)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Draw slowly or heavily
Example:
haul nets
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "hale" is one way to...):
draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hale"):
bouse; bowse (haul with a tackle)
underrun (haul onto a boat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
Example:
He squeezed her for information
Synonyms:
coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "hale" is one way to...):
compel; obligate; oblige (force 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
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