Thursday, January 1, 2015

GALE

WORD: GALE

MEANING:
1.
a. A wind with a speed of from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour; 63 to 74 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale. Also called fresh gale.
b. A storm at sea.
2. A forceful outburst: gales of laughter.
3. Archaic A breeze.
4. wind, storm, gust, blow, hurricane

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The comedians histrionics were greeted with gale.
2. The gale blew away the huts of the fisherman.

PRONOUNCE:
gale - गेल / गैल

LINK: GALE

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