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 Definitions of gale  [ɪl]  

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Definition of 'gale' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gale
a very strong wind.

2.  gale
a wind of 32–63 mph (14–28 m/sec).

3.  gale
a noisy outburst:
a gale of laughter.

4.  gale
Archaic. a gentle breeze.

Etymology:  (1540–50; of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'gale' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gale
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale


Definition of 'gale' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) gale
a very strong wind
Outside, a gale was blowing.


Definition of 'gale' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gale
a strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests

2. (noun) gale
a moderate current of air; a breeze

3. (noun) gale
a state of excitement, passion, or hilarity

4. (noun) gale
a song or story

5. (noun) gale
a plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America

6. (noun) gale
the payment of a rent or annuity

7. (verb) gale
to sale, or sail fast

8. (verb) gale
to sing


Translation of 'gale' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a strong wind
Many trees were blown down in the gale.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stormwind Arabic flag Arabic: ريحٌ شديدَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: вихър
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ventania Czech flag Czech: vichřice German flag German: der Sturm
Danish flag Danish: storm Greek flag Greek: θύελλα Spanish flag Spanish: vendaval, galerna
Estonian flag Estonian: tormituul Farsi flag Farsi: تند باد Finnish flag Finnish: puhuri
French flag French: grand vent Hebrew flag Hebrew: סְעָרָה Hindi flag Hindi: आंधी
Croatian flag Croatian: snažan vjetar Hungarian flag Hungarian: erős szél Indonesian flag Indonesian: angin kencang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hvassviðri, stormur, rok Italian flag Italian: burrasca Japanese flag Japanese: 強風
Korean flag Korean: 강풍 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vėtra Latvian flag Latvian: vētra; auka
Malay flag Malay: angin kencang Dutch flag Dutch: storm Norwegian flag Norwegian: storm, sterk vind
Polish flag Polish: wichura Persian flag Persian: تند باد Pashto flag Pashto: سيلۍ، توفان شديدباد، هيجا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ventania Romanian flag Romanian: vijelie Russian flag Russian: буря
Slovak flag Slovak: víchrica Slovenian flag Slovenian: hud veter Serbian flag Serbian: olujni vetar
Swedish flag Swedish: stark blåst, storm Thai flag Thai: ลมแรง Turkish flag Turkish: fırtına
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 狂風 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шторм Urdu flag Urdu: تیز ہوا کا جھکڑا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cơn gió mạnh Chinese flag Chinese: 大风

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