hale vs pressure what difference
what is difference between hale and pressure
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heɪl/
- Rhymes: -eɪl
- Homophone: hail
Etymology 1
From Middle English hele, hæle, from Old English hǣlu, hǣl, from Proto-Germanic *hailį̄ (“salvation, health”), a noun-derivative of Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, healthy”). Cognate with Scots haill, hale (“health”), German Heil (“salvation, well-being”).
Noun
hale (uncountable)
- (archaic) Health, welfare.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
- Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle,
And of their taunting toies reſt with il hayle.
- Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle,
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Astrophel: A Pastorall Elegy upon the Death of the Most Noble and Valorous Knight, Sir Philip Sidney
- all heedless of his dearest hale
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
Translations
Etymology 2
From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”) (whence whole), from Middle English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.
Adjective
hale (comparative haler, superlative halest)
- (dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Dr. Swift
- Last year we thought him strong and hale.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- “Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow,” quoth Robin, “thou seemest happy this merry morn.”
- “Ay, that am I,” quoth the jolly Butcher, “and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?”
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Dr. Swift
Usage notes
- Now rather uncommon, except in the stock phrase hale and hearty.
Antonyms
- unhale
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch halen), from Proto-Germanic *halōną (compare Old English ġeholian, West Frisian helje, German holen), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to lift”) (compare Latin ex-cellō (“to surpass”), Tocharian B käly- (“to stand, stay”), Albanian qell (“to halt, hold up, carry”), Lithuanian kélti (“to raise up”), Ancient Greek κελέοντες (keléontes, “upright beam on a loom”)). Doublet of haul.
Verb
hale (third-person singular simple present hales, present participle haling, simple past and past participle haled)
- To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, 2007, page 262:
- They will hale the King to Paris, and have him under their eye.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, 2007, page 262:
Translations
Anagrams
- Aleh, Heal, Hela, Leah, heal
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German *halēn. Compare Icelandic hallur (“steep”), from Old Norse hallr (“rock, stone”), from Proto-Germanic *halluz (“rock, stone; rockface, cliff”).
Verb
hale
- (Uri) to be steep
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 35.
Central Franconian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaːlə/
Verb
hale (third-person singular present hält, past tense heelt or hielt, past participle jehale or gehale or gehal)
- Alternative spelling of haale
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haːlə/, [ˈhæːlə]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hali.
Noun
hale c (singular definite halen, plural indefinite haler)
- tail, brush, scut
- bottom, fanny
Inflection
Etymology 2
From late Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen.
Verb
hale (imperative hal, infinitive at hale, present tense haler, past tense halede, perfect tense har halet)
- haul, heave, pull
- drag
Further reading
- hale on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
hale
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of halen
French
Verb
hale
- first-person singular present indicative of haler
- third-person singular present indicative of haler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of haler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of haler
- second-person singular imperative of haler
Anagrams
- héla
Galician
Verb
hale
- first-person singular present subjunctive of halar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of halar
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fale, from Proto-Central Pacific *vale, from Proto-Oceanic *pale, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈha.le/, [ˈhɐle]
Noun
hale
- house, building
- institution
- lodge
- station, hall
Verb
hale
- to have a house
Derived terms
- hoʻohale
References
- “hale” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Middle English
Etymology 1
From a form of Old English halh without the final -h; compare hāle (dative). Doublet of halgh (attested only in placenames), whence English haugh.
Noun
hale (plural hales)
- corner, nook, cranny, hiding place
Alternative forms
- hal
Descendants
- English: hale
References
- “hāle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman hale, halle, from Latin halla (“house, dwelling; court; palace; market hall”), from Frankish *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”). Doublet of halle (“hall”).
Noun
hale (plural hales)
- hale (temporary structure for housing, entertaining, eating meals, etc.)
Alternative forms
- halle
Descendants
- English: hale
References
- “hāle, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Verb
hale
- Alternative form of haylen (“to hail”)
Etymology 4
Noun
hale (plural hales)
- Alternative form of halle (“hall”)
Etymology 5
Noun
hale (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hayle (“hail”)
Etymology 6
Adjective
hale
- Alternative form of hole (“healthy, whole”)
Etymology 7
Adjective
hale
- Alternative form of holy (“holy”)
Norman
Verb
hale
- first-person singular present indicative of haler
- third-person singular present indicative of haler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of haler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of haler
- second-person singular imperative of haler
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hali.
Noun
hale m (definite singular halen, indefinite plural haler, definite plural halene)
- a tail (of an animal, aircraft, comet etc.)
Derived terms
Related terms
- stjert
Etymology 2
From late Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen.
Verb
hale (present tense haler, past tense halte, past participle halt)
- to haul, heave, pull
- to drag
References
- “hale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hali.
Noun
hale m (definite singular halen, indefinite plural halar, definite plural halane)
- a tail (of an animal, aircraft, comet etc.)
Derived terms
- halefinne
- halelaus
- hestehale
- tverrhalehauk
Related terms
- stjert
References
- “hale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxa.lɛ/
Noun
hale f
- nominative plural of hala
- accusative plural of hala
- vocative plural of hala
Spanish
Verb
hale
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of halar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of halar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of halar.
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin pressūra.
Pronunciation
- enPR: prĕshʹ-ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈpɹɛʃ.ə(ɹ)]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈpɹɛʃ.ɚ]
- Rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: pres‧sure
Noun
pressure (countable and uncountable, plural pressures)
- A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
- Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
- A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
- the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
- Distress.
- 1649, Eikon Basilike
- My people’s pressures are grievous.
- October 31, 1708, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach’d before the Queen at St. James’s
- In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
- 1649, Eikon Basilike
- Urgency
- the pressure of business
- (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
- (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
Synonyms
- (distress): affliction, grievance
- (urgency): press
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pressure (third-person singular simple present pressures, present participle pressuring, simple past and past participle pressured)
- (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
- Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.
Translations
See also
- (units of pressure): pascal (Pa); bar, barye (Ba); pounds per square inch (psi, lbf/in2, lb/in2), torr, mmHg, atmosphere (atm)
Anagrams
- perusers
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: pressurent, pressures
Verb
pressure
- first-person singular present indicative of pressurer
- third-person singular present indicative of pressurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pressurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of pressurer
- second-person singular imperative of pressurer
Latin
Participle
pressūre
- vocative masculine singular of pressūrus
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pressūra.
Noun
pressure f (oblique plural pressures, nominative singular pressure, nominative plural pressures)
- pressure (action or result of pressing)
Descendants
- → English: pressure