gale
IPA: gˈeɪɫ
noun
- (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.
- A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
- (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Alexander County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Center Township, Hendricks County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
- A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
verb
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
- (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
- (nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
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