Gale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡeɪl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Gale is a verb meaning (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
Meaning
(intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
- (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
- An outburst, especially of laughter.
- (literary, archaic) A light breeze.
- (nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
- A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
Example Sentences
a gale of laughter
It's blowing a gale outside.
A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.
Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.
Word Forms
- gales
- galing
- galed
- galen
Related Words
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