gale

/ɡeɪl/

noun 6name 5verb 4

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(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + GALE

blow

A strong gale blew across the coast and knocked down several trees.

get caught in

The fishermen got caught in a fierce gale and had to return to port immediately.

GALE + VERB

blow

The strong gale blew down several trees in our neighborhood last night.

GALE + NOUN

force

The storm brought gale force winds that knocked over trees throughout the neighborhood.

warning

PREP

in ~

Several boats sank in the terrible gale that struck the coast last week.

Definitions

verb

To cry; groan; croak.

To talk.

To sing; utter with musical modulations.

noun

A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

It's blowing a gale outside.

Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.

An outburst, especially of laughter.

a gale of laughter

The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval.

A light breeze.

A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.

And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings.

verb

To sail, or sail fast.

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Example Bank

It's blowing a gale outside.

Wiktionary

Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.

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With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough i

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Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.

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As a rule the free miners do not work their own 'gales,' but dispose of them to capitalists.

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We got our roof blown off in the gale.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, gale is marked as archaic, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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