Galium verum
Galium verum

gall


Definition: Meaning of, gall in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɡɔːl /

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Singular Plural
gall galls
  1. have the gall to do something to do something rude and unreasonable that most people would be too embarrassed to do
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  2. [uncountable] old-fashioned anger and hate that will not go away [=  resentment]
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  3. [uncountable] old-fashioned BILE
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  4. [countable] a swelling on a tree or plant caused by damage from insects or infection
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  5. [countable] a painful place on an animal's skin, caused by something rubbing against it
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
gall galled galled
Present Participle Third Person Singular
galling galls
[transitive]
  1. to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair
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gall used in phrases

  • crown gall (noun)
    1. especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses a bacterial disease of plants which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground
  • cynipid gall wasp (noun)
    1. small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
  • gall bladder (noun)
    1. the organ in your body in which BILE is stored
  • gall gnat (noun)
    1. fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
  • gall midge (noun)
    1. fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
  • gall of the earth (noun)
    1. common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
  • gall wasp (noun)
    1. small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
  • spruce gall aphid (noun)
    1. a variety of adelgid
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gall used in phrasal verbs

  • gallop through (phrasal verb)
    1. gallop through something to do something very quickly
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