different between gale vs rush
gale
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
- Homophone: Gail
Etymology 1
From Middle English galen, from Old English galan (“to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream; sing charms, practice incantation”), from Proto-Germanic *galan? (“to roop, sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shout, scream, charm away”). Cognate with Danish gale (“to crow”), Swedish gala (“to crow”), Icelandic gala (“to sing, chant, crow”), Dutch galm (“echo, sound, noise”). Related to yell.
Verb
gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past galed or gole, past participle galed or galen)
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; charm; enchant.
- c. 1346, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love
- Can he cry and gale.
- c. 1346, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cry; groan; croak.
- (intransitive, of a person, now chiefly dialectal) To talk.
- (intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To sing; utter with musical modulations.
Etymology 2
From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1).
Noun
gale (plural gales)
- (meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii:
- With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November. Someone also reported that a steamer had just been sunk in a gale. This made my brother uneasy, and he refused to take the risk of allowing me to sail immediately.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii:
- An outburst, especially of laughter.
- 1972, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]
- 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, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]
- (literary, archaic) A light breeze.
- (obsolete) A song or story.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Toone to this entry?)
Coordinate terms
- (meteorology): breeze, hurricane, storm
Derived terms
- gale force
Translations
See also
- Beaufort scale
Verb
gale (third-person singular simple present gales, present participle galing, simple past and past participle galed)
- (nautical) To sail, or sail fast.
Etymology 3
From Middle English gaile, gawl, gawwyl, ga?el, gagel, from Old English gagel, gagelle, gagille, gagolle (“gale; sweet gale”), from Proto-Germanic *gagulaz (“gale; sweet-willow”). Cognate with Scots gaul, gall (“bog-myrtle”), Dutch gagel (“wild mytle”), German Gagel (“mytle-bush”), Icelandic gaglviður (“sweet-gale; myrtle”).
Noun
gale
- A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English gavel (“rent; tribute”), from Old English gafol.
Noun
gale (plural gales)
- (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
- Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.
References
- gale in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Gael, Lega, egal, geal, lage, leag
Awtuw
Noun
gale
- fish
References
- Harry Feldman. A Grammar of Awtuw. (Pacific Linguistics: Series B, 94.) (1986)
Basque
Noun
gale
- eagerness
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?l?/, [???æ?l?]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse to sing, crow, chant, from Proto-Germanic *galan?, cognate with Norwegian gale, Swedish gala, English gale.
Verb
gale (past tense galede, or (archaic) gol, past participle galet)
- to crow (mostly of the sound of the cock)
- to scream
Inflection
References
- “gale” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
gale
- definite singular of gal
- plural of gal
French
Etymology
Variant of galle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?al/
Noun
gale f (plural gales)
- scabies; mange
Further reading
- “gale” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- égal, Gaël, gela
Italian
Noun
gale f
- plural of gala
Anagrams
- gela, lega
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gala
Verb
gale (imperative gal, present tense galer, simple past gol or galte, past participle galt)
- to make a sound characteristic of a rooster; to crow
Etymology 2
Adjective
gale
- definite singular of gal
- plural of gal
References
- “gale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
gale (present tense gjel, past tense gol, supine gale, past participle galen, present participle galande, imperative gal)
- Alternative form of gala
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- galent
Adjective
gale
- neuter singular of galen
Anagrams
- alge, egal, egla, lage, lega
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a.l?/
- Homophone: gal?
Noun
gale
- dative/locative singular of ga?a
Noun
gale
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of gala
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rush
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
- Homophone: Rush
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English risshe, rusch, risch, from Old English rysc, risc, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskij?, borrowed from Latin r?scum (“butcher's broom”) + *-j? (animal and plant suffix). Cognates include West Frisian risk, Dutch rus (“bulrush”), Norwegian Bokmål rusk, dialectal Norwegian ryskje (“hair-grass”).
Noun
rush (plural rushes)
- Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
- The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
- The merest trifle; a straw.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- A wick.
Synonyms
- (plant of the genus Juncus): juncus
Translations
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrys?an (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-Germanic *hurskijan? (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run, hurry”).
Cognate with Old High German hurscan (“to speed, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”).
Noun
rush (plural rushes)
- A sudden forward motion.
- 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers
- A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
- 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers
- A surge.
- General haste.
- A rapid, noisy flow.
- (military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
- (video games) The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
- Synonym: zerg
- (contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
- (American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.
- A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
- (US, figuratively) A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
- (US, dated, college slang) A perfect recitation.
- (croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rush (third-person singular simple present rushes, present participle rushing, simple past and past participle rushed)
- (transitive or intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
- c. 1683, Robert West, The further Exmaination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple, Barrister at Law
- A party of men […] shoud be ready to rush out; and upon the noise of the first shot immediately run down to the Gate and break in.
- c. 1683, Robert West, The further Exmaination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple, Barrister at Law
- (intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
- (intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.
- (transitive or intransitive, contact sports) To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
- (transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
- (intransitive, military) To make a swift or sudden attack.
- (military) To swiftly attack without warning.
- (video games, slang, transitive) To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
- Synonym: zerg
- (transitive or intransitive, US, college) To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.
- (transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
- (transitive or intransitive, croquet) To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
- (US, slang, dated) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:rush (hurry)
Derived terms
- downrush
- rushing
Translations
Adjective
rush (not comparable)
- Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
Usage notes
Used only before a noun.
See also
- rushes
Further reading
- Juncaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rush_(football) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Hurs, RHUs, Suhr
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English rush
Noun
rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha or rushene)
- a rush (Etymology 2)
Derived terms
- gullrush
- rushtid
References
- “rush” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “rush” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English rush
Noun
rush n (definite singular rushet, indefinite plural rush, definite plural rusha)
- a rush (Etymology 2)
Derived terms
- gullrush
- rushtid
References
- “rush” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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