Synonyms for gale
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : geyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : geɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for gale Other synonyms for the word gale
Définition of gale
Origin :- "storm at sea," 1540s, from gaile "wind," origin uncertain, perhaps from Old Norse gol "breeze," or Old Danish gal "bad, furious" (often used of weather), from Old Norse galinn "bewitched." Or perhaps it is from Old English galan "to sing" (the second element in nightingale), or giellan "to yell." In technical meteorological use, a wind between 32 and 63 miles per hour.
- noun violent storm
- The gale must have set us a long way to leeward, as we did not get in for a fortnight.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- That night the gale broke, and before morning it had materially moderated.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- This gale commenced in the afternoon, and blew very heavily all that night.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- During this gale, I had a proof of the truth that "where the treasure is, there will the heart be also."
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I knew she was overloaded, and was afraid of the effects of a gale.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- At Zierikzee, in Zeeland, a whale has been stranded by a high tide and a gale of wind.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- For two days the gale blew unceasingly and held us prisoners in our camp.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- When morning came the sky was a turquoise and the wind a gale.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- Or dost thou dread the billows' rage, Or tremble at the gale?
- Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various
- All Kung could notice was that the gale roared about his ears.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
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