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Definition of 'Gall'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gall
audacity; impudence; effrontery.

2.  gall
something bitter or severe.

3.  gall
bitterness of spirit; rancor.

4. (v.t.) gall
to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely:
The saddle galled the horse's back.

5.  gall
to irritate greatly:
An arrogant manner galls me.

6. (v.i.) gall
to be or become chafed.

7. (n.) gall
a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse, due to rubbing.

8.  gall
something very vexing or irritating.

9.  gall
a state of vexation or irritation.

10. (n.) gall
any abnormal outgrowth or swelling in a plant, as from viral damage, insect egg deposits, or chemical irritants.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME galle < MF < L galla gallnut. See gall²)

Definition of 'Gall'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) saddle sore, gall
an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

2. (noun) gall
a skin sore caused by chafing

3. (noun) gall
abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury

4. (noun) resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

5. (noun) bile, gall
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

6. (noun) crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness
the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

7. (verb) chafe, gall, fret
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

8. (verb) gall, irk
irritate or vex
"It galls me that we lost the suit"

Definition of 'Gall'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Gall
the bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder

2. (noun) Gall
the gall bladder

3. (noun) Gall
anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor

4. (noun) Gall
impudence; brazen assurance

5. (noun) Gall
an excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut

6. (noun) Gall
a wound in the skin made by rubbing

7. (verb) Gall
to impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts

8. (verb) Gall
to fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable

9. (verb) Gall
to fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm

10. (verb) Gall
to injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy

11. (verb) Gall
to scoff; to jeer

Translation of 'Gall'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a bitter liquid which is stored in the gall bladder.
Afrikaans: gal	Arabic: صَفْراء	Bulgarian: жлъч
Brazilian: bílis	Czech: žluč	German: die Galle
Danish: galde	Greek: χολή	Spanish: bilis, hiel
Estonian: sapp	Farsi: زرداب	Finnish: sappineste
French: bile	Hebrew: מָרָה	Hindi: असभ्य व्यवहार
Croatian: žuč	Hungarian: epe	Indonesian: empedu
Icelandic: gall	Italian: bile, fiele	Japanese: 胆汁
Korean: 쓸개즙	Lithuanian: tulžis	Latvian: žults
Malay: hempedu	Dutch: gal	Norwegian: galle
Polish: żółć	Persian: زرداب	Pashto: تريخى ( ترينه )، دتريخى ش
Portuguese: bilis	Romanian: bilă	Russian: жёлчь
Slovak: žlč	Slovenian: žolč	Serbian: žuč
Swedish: galla	Thai: น้ำดี	Turkish: safra,öd
Taiwanese: 膽汁	Ukrainian: жовч	Urdu: حیوانی پت
Vietnamese: mật	Chinese: 胆汁
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