An outburst, especially of laughter.
Used in a Sentence
gales
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gales.
Editorial note
The Central Gippsland fire jumped the range in a matter of hours due to the 100kmh gales.
Examples9
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
An outburst, especially of laughter.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gales gathered in one view.
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
The personal mining plot of a freeminer.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gales.
noun
An outburst, especially of laughter.
noun
A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
noun
The personal mining plot of a freeminer.
noun
A number of places in the United States:
Example sentences
The Central Gippsland fire jumped the range in a matter of hours due to the 100kmh gales.
But it would actually be a good place to put that wind turbine given the gales that the building generated.
Eyewitnesses described furious gales and hurricane winds that left a mountain of debris near the pier.
Bacon who just wrote a book on the Edmund Fitzgerald, called The Gales of November.
Perhaps it was the story and my own immediate circumstances together but it had me in gales of laughter at one moment and gushing with tears at another.
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In short, the intervention by the federal government was designed, not to curb big business monopoly for the sake of the public weal, but to create monopolies that big business (as well as trade associations smaller business) had not been able to establish amidst the competitive gales of the free market.
Quote examples
While tropical storms and hurricanes increase in frequency in hot weather, more laminar storms ("winter gales") get more common when the weather is colder.
If only we could invent a time machine, to hear the gales of laughter from the businessmen of the day at the notion that Rockefeller became the king of oil by "out-competing" others.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gales in a sentence?
The Central Gippsland fire jumped the range in a matter of hours due to the 100kmh gales.
What does gales mean?
An outburst, especially of laughter.
What part of speech is gales?
gales is commonly used as noun.