Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hele
Participle: heled
Gerund: heling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hele |
| you | hele |
| he;she;it | heles |
| we | hele |
| you | hele |
| they | hele |
Perfect
| I | have heled |
| you | have heled |
| he;she;it | has heled |
| we | have heled |
| you | have heled |
| they | have heled |
Past
| I | heled |
| you | heled |
| he;she;it | heled |
| we | heled |
| you | heled |
| they | heled |
Pluperfect
| I | had heled |
| you | had heled |
| he;she;it | had heled |
| we | had heled |
| you | had heled |
| they | had heled |
Future
| I | will hele |
| you | will hele |
| he;she;it | will hele |
| we | will hele |
| you | will hele |
| they | will hele |
Future Perfect
| I | will have heled |
| you | will have heled |
| he;she;it | will have heled |
| we | will have heled |
| you | will have heled |
| they | will have heled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hele |
| you | hele |
| he;she;it | hele |
| we | hele |
| you | hele |
| they | hele |
Perfect
| I | have heled |
| you | have heled |
| he;she;it | have heled |
| we | have heled |
| you | have heled |
| they | have heled |
Imperfect
| I | heled |
| you | heled |
| he;she;it | heled |
| we | heled |
| you | heled |
| they | heled |
Pluperfect
| I | had heled |
| you | had heled |
| he;she;it | had heled |
| we | had heled |
| you | had heled |
| they | had heled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hele |
| you | would hele |
| he;she;it | would hele |
| we | would hele |
| you | would hele |
| they | would hele |
Perfect
| I | would have heled |
| you | would have heled |
| he;she;it | would have heled |
| we | would have heled |
| you | would have heled |
| they | would have heled |
Imperative
| you | hele |
| we | Let's hele |
| you | hele |
Verbs conjugated like 'hele'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hele'
dele,
hale,
hell,
helm,
help,
helpe,
helve,
hete,
hile,
hole,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”).
2. Cognate with Scots heal (“to cover, hide, conceal”), Saterland Frisian hela (“to conceal”), Dutch helen (“to conceal”), German hehlen (“to deal in stolen or illegal goods”), Swedish häla (“hide”) and hälare (“fence, peddler of stolen goods”), as well as with helmet and Latin cēlō (“conceal”). Related to hole, hull. See: Middle English '
helen', Old English '
helan', Proto-Germanic '
*helaną', Scots '
heal', Dutch '
helen', German, old spelling '
hehlen', Swedish '
häla', Latin '
cēlō'.
Sample Sentences
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… the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main. [1893, Robert Steele, Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus, Online edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2004:]
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Men could look up and understand something of the star-Spangled arch of blue, but the reversed arch or crypt beneath was to the eyes a flesh 'heled, concealed, and never revealed,' […] [1921, The Builder: A Journal for the Masonic Student, page 208:]
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The second is concerned more especially with the obligation of the Neophyte Grade in which the Candidate is pledged to hele, conceal and never reveal the secret art and hidden mysteries of Masonry. [2019, William Harvey, Albert G. Mackey, Arthur Edward Waite, Symbolism and Discourses on the Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason Blue Lodge Degrees, page 36:]
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At the time of earthing the potatoes by the double mould-plough, turnip seed is sown, and thus "heled;" the turnips arrive at maturity before the potatoes, and are pulled without damage to them. [1861, The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 275:]
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[…] and for this reason had better be taken up and heled in, in a safe place, where there is no danger from standing water. [1881, Report of the New Hampshire Deptartment of Agriculture, page 252]
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Take your vines, in a pail with water, or wrapped in a wet cloth, from the place where they were heled-in,* to the holes; […]
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*On receiving your vines from the nursery, they should be taken out of the box, without delay, and heled-in, which is done as follows: In a dry and well protected situation, a trench is made in the soil […] The plants are then set thickly together in the trench […] and soil taken from [another trench] is thrown into the first, covering the roots carefully, [1895, Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape Vines, Bushberg, Mo.: Bush & Son & Meissner firm of vinegrowers, page 43:]
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As soon as received the plants should be unpacked and if they can not be planted at once they should be "heled in" i. e., placed in a trench and thoroughly watered. [1913 May, Nebraska Horticulture, page 8:]