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noun Meteorology.

a wind of 39–46 miles per hour (17–33 meters per second).

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Origin of fresh gale

First recorded in 1575–85

Words nearby fresh gale

fresh breeze, freshen, freshener, fresher, freshet, fresh gale, freshie, freshman, freshmanic, freshman week, freshness date

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But she says that getting some fresh air may help you feel better.
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Hitchcock saw human behavior fresh, even in a tired form like melodrama.
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Both Rohan and Kalayjian recommend breathing in some fresh air each day.
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In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
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They are unquestionably penitent now; but then, you know, they have the recollection of very recent suffering fresh upon them.
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The new galleries had been finished four whole years, but they still looked painfully fresh.
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British Dictionary definitions for fresh gale

fresh gale

noun

a gale of force eight on the Beaufort scale

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