gale

About 3.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cry; groan; croak.
2. verb To talk.
3. verb To sing; utter with musical modulations.
4. noun 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.

5. noun An outburst, especially of laughter.

   a gale of laughter

6. noun A light breeze.
7. verb To sail, or sail fast.
8. noun A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

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Often followed by

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Word family

Gale Zona Gale gales