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# gale

«gale» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very strong wind, stronger than a breeze but weaker…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a gale, gales)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A very strong wind, stronger than a breeze but weaker than a hurricane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#m1)

2) (gales of laughter) A sudden loud burst of laughing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and weather: gales are measured on the Beaufort scale (force 8 is a gale); weather forecasts give «gale warnings» for sailors. In safety: stay away from trees, the sea and loose objects in a gale. In stories «gales of laughter» means lots of loud laughing. Phrases: «a gale warning», «gale-force winds», «blowing a gale».

### examples

- A gale blew down our fence last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x1)
- There is a gale warning for the coast, so the ferries will not sail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x2)
- It's blowing a gale outside! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x3)
- Gale-force winds tore the leaves off the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x4)
- The class burst into gales of laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x5)
- Ships stayed in the harbour during the gale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x6)
- "At that time there was a gale blowing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/#x7)

### note

Countable: a gale, gales. Order of wind strength: breeze < gale < storm < hurricane. Do not confuse with «Gail», a girl's name, which sounds the same.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gale» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gale/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.