gale /ɡeɪl/noun 6verb 4forms 5 noun6 •A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.It's blowing a gale outside.Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale. •An outburst, especially of laughter.The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval. — 1972 •A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens. •The personal mining plot of a freeminer.As a rule the free miners do not work their own 'gales,' but dispose of them to capitalists. — 1875 •(literary, no longer used) A light breeze.A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. — 1591 •(no longer used) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due. verb4 •To sail, or sail fast. •(dialect) To cry; groan; croak. •(dialect) To sing; utter with musical modulations. •(dialect) To talk. formsgaled · gole · galen · galing · gales
