Definitions for swale
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swalenoun

   a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. swalenoun

   A low tract of moist or marshy land.

2. swalenoun

   A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.

3. swalenoun

   A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

4. swalenoun

   A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.

5. swalenoun

   A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Swale, To Swealverb

   To waste or blaze away; to melt: as, the candle swales.

   Etymology: swelan , Saxon, to kindle.

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1. swale

   A swale is a shallow, trough-like depression in the ground, designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration. It often has a gentle slope and is commonly filled with vegetation or a porous material. Swales are typically used in landscaping, road design, and environmental management.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swalenoun

   a valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen

2. Swale

   to melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v

3. Swalenoun

   a gutter in a candle

4. Etymology: [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Swale

   Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The borough is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the district. The Roman Watling Street passed through the area, as witness the straightness of the A2 main road, now by-passed by the M2 motorway. Apart from the northern coast of the Isle of Sheppey, and the town of Sittingbourne, it is a mainly rural borough, containing a high proportion of the UK's apple, pear, cherry and plum orchards, as well as many of its remaining hop gardens. The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the Borough of Faversham; the Borough of Queenborough-in-Sheppey, which covered the whole of Sheppey; the Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District; and Swale Rural District. Swale railway station is at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge. There are four towns in the borough: Sittingbourne and Faversham on the mainland, and Sheerness and Queenborough on Sheppey. The district contains the following civil parishes: ⁕Bapchild ⁕Bobbing ⁕Borden ⁕Boughton-under-Blean

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swale

   swāl, n. a shady spot: a lower tract of rolling prairie.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Swale

   a river in the North Riding of Yorkshire, uniting, after a course of 60 miles, with the Ure to form the Ouse.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SWALE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Swale is ranked #105079 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Swale surname appeared 170 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Swale.
   
   95.8% or 163 total occurrences were White.

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1. • Trough

Anagrams for swale »

1. wasel

2. sweal

How to pronounce swale?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swale in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=swale
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Swale
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=swale
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swale
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=swale
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=swale
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Swale
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html