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gale
1[ geyl ]
gale
2[ geyl ]
noun
Gale
3[ geyl ]
noun
- Zo·na [zoh, -n, uh], 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
- a female or male given name.
gale
1/ ɡeɪl /
noun
- a strong wind, specifically one of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- often plural a loud outburst, esp of laughter
- archaic.a gentle breeze
gale
2/ ɡeɪl /
noun
- short for sweet gale
Word History and Origins
Origin of gale1
Origin of gale2
Word History and Origins
Origin of gale1
Origin of gale2
Example Sentences
Three zippered exterior pockets hold sunscreen, car keys, and a phone, and a brimmed hood offers extra protection against harsh sun and gales.
He and Gale allegedly earned up to $23 million that they sought to conceal from authorities.
That grants Arctic weather, along with gales spinning off the Great Lakes, unimpeded access to the West Virginia highlands.
Specifically, the party failed to submit affidavits in person signed by Scroggin and Gale, according to the court.
It struck me from behind and carried me willy-nilly and with great force like a leaf in a gale.
Movie Gale fails to conjure emotions more complicated than “oooh, what pretty eyes he has.”
Unfortunately, Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne are not among them.
Comedian Paul Gale has an answer as to why: they do it on purpose.
We scrambled for the prime spots… bottom bunks on the wall, just close enough to the gale-forced air-conditioning ducts.
One of the scenes was when she first gets called to go into The Hunger Games and has to say goodbye to her mother and Gale.
The gale still lasted, and the steamer was in momentary danger of becoming a complete wreck.
At a quarter before seven o'clock we hauled to the wind for the night with a fresh gale from the southward.
Loud and clear were both the signals, but four and a half miles of distance and a fresh gale neutralised their influence.
It is not an easy matter to sit up in a gale of wind, with freezing spray, and sometimes green seas, sweeping over one!
A violent gale of wind from the south-west; the only thing like a hard gale since we left England.
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