hales
/heɪlz/
hales is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hale.
Meaning of hale
Verb
hale (third-person singular simple present hales, present participle haling, simple past and past participle haled)
- To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
- For I had beene vilely hurried and haled by those poore men, which had taken the paines to carry me upon their armes a long and wearysome way, and to say truth, they had all beene wearied twice or thrice over, and were faine to shift severall times.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Hales
Hales
- A topographic surname from Old English.
- A village and civil parish (served by Hales and Heckingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3897).
- A village in Loggerheads parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7133).
Origin of hales
From Old English halh (“hollow, nook”).
Words formed from hales
Questions about hales
- What does hales mean?
- Hales means a topographic surname from Old English.
- What is hales the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Hales is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hale.
- What part of speech is hales?
- Hales is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hales?
- Hales is pronounced /heɪlz/.
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