hale /heɪl/adjective 1noun 1verb 1forms 6phrases 1 adjective1 •(old-fashioned) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.His stomach too begins to fail: / Last year we thought him strong and hale; / But now he's quite another thing: / I wish he may hold out till spring! — 1731 noun1 •(no longer used) Health, welfare.Then let them vale a bonet of their proud sayle, / And of their taunting toies rest with il hayle. — 1515 verb1 •To drag or pull, especially forcibly.By night we dragg'd her to the college tower / From her warm bed, and up the corkscrew stair / With hand and rope we haled the groaning sow, / And on the leads we kept her till she pigg'd. — 1842 formshal'd · haled · haling · hales · haler · halest Phrases with hale hale and heartyIn a state of robust good health.
HALE adjective 1phrases 1 adjective1 •Acronym of high-altitude long-endurance Phrases with HALE hale and heartyIn a state of robust good health.