dale

¹ American  

[deyl] / deɪl /

noun

1. a valley, especially a broad valley.

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Dale ² American  

[deyl] / deɪl /

noun

1. Sir Henry Hallett 1875–1968, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.

2. Sir Thomas, died 1619, British colonial administrator in America: governor of Virginia 1614–16.

3. a male or female given name.

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Dale ¹ British  

/ deɪl /

noun

1. Sir Henry Hallet. 1875–1968, English physiologist: shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1936 with Otto Loewi for their work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses

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dale ² British  

/ deɪl /

noun

1. an open valley, usually in an area of low hills

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Dale Scientific  

/ dāl /

1. British physiologist who discovered acetylcholine and, with Otto Loewi, investigated the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. For this work they shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Etymology

Origin of dale

before 900; Middle English dal, Old English dæl; cognate with German Tal, Old Norse dalr, Gothic dals

Example Sentences

Sofia Vergara is nominated for “Griselda” — dale, homegirl!

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

When I ask Sarah Close, who lives in a farmhouse in the dale, how fast the download speed is, she just laughs.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2021

Having gone uphill, they are heading down dale at velocity.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2021

Every two years, the call goes out from hill and dale: “This is the most important election of our lifetimes,” politicians trumpet to the crowds.

From Time • Nov. 4, 2014

Less than a mile away, and a little below them, for they still stood high up on the west side of the dale, there lay a mere.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien