hale

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. hale¹ (hāl)adj. hal·er, hal·est
Free from infirmity or illness; sound. See Synonyms at healthy. [Middle English, from Old English hāl. See kailo- in Indo-European Roots.] haleʹness n. II. hale² (hāl)tr.v. haled, hal·ing, hales
1. To compel to go: “In short order the human rights campaign was haled before a high court of indignation” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
2. Archaic. To pull, draw, drag, or hoist. [Middle English halen, to pull, drag, from Old French haler, of Germanic origin. See kelə-² in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  whole, Hale, Edward Everett Hale, George Ellery Hale, Nathan Hale, haul, cart, drag, coerce, squeeze, pressure, force