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ALL meanings of gale

gale
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  • noun gale A very strong wind. 1
  • noun gale strong wind 1
  • noun gale meteorology: windstorm 1
  • noun gale Zona [zoh-nuh] /ˈzoʊ nə/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet. 1
  • noun gale a female or male given name. 1
  • noun gale (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale. 0
  • noun gale An outburst, especially of laughter. 0
  • noun gale (archaic) A light breeze. 0
  • noun gale (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A song or story. 0
  • noun gale A shrub, also sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale) growing on moors and fens. 0
  • noun gale (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity. 0
  • verb gale (Intransitive Verb) (now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant. 0
  • verb gale (Intransitive Verb) (now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak. 0
  • verb gale (Intransitive Verb) (of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk. 0
  • verb gale (Intransitive Verb) (of a bird, Scotland) To call. 0
  • verb gale (Transitive Verb) (now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations. 0
  • verb gale (nautical) To sail, or sail fast. 0
  • countable noun gale A gale is a very strong wind. 0
  • countable noun gale You can refer to the loud noise made by a lot of people all laughing at the same time as a gale of laughter or gales of laughter. 0
  • noun gale a strong wind, specifically one of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour 0
  • noun gale a loud outburst, esp of laughter 0
  • noun gale a gentle breeze 0
  • noun gale a strong wind 0
  • noun gale a wind ranging in speed from 32 to 63 miles per hour 0
  • noun gale a breeze 0
  • noun gale a loud outburst 0
  • noun gale sweet gale 0
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