gall in English dictionary

  • gall

    Meanings and definitions of "gall"

    • (anatomy, obsolete, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
    • (anatomy) The gall bladder.
    • (uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
    • (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
    • (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
    • (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
    • (medicine, obsolete, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
    • (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
    • (countable) A pit caused on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
    • (transitive) To trouble or bother.
    • To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
    • To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
    • To exasperate.
    • To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
    • (countable) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
    • noun
      (anatomy, obsolete, uncountable)
      Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
    • noun
      (anatomy)
      The gall bladder.
    • noun
      (uncountable, obsolete)
      Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
    • noun
      (Can we clean up (+) this sense?) ( countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      A feeling of exasperation.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
    • noun
      (medicine, obsolete, countable)
      A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
    • noun
      (countable)
      A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
    • noun
      (countable, phytopathology)
      A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
    • verb
      To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To trouble or bother.
    • verb
      To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
    • verb
      To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
    • verb
      To exasperate.
    • verb
      To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
    • verb
      To scoff; to jeer.
    • A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
    • bile
    • gall bladder
    • great misery or physical suffering
    • bump-like imperfection
    • impudence or brazenness
    • sore or open wound caused by chafing
    • sore on a horse
    • to trouble or bother
    • to harass, harry
    • to chafe
    • to exasperate
    • blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants
    • noun
      abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
    • noun
      an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
    • noun
      a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
    • noun
      a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
    • noun
      a skin sore caused by chafing
    • noun
      the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
    • verb
      become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
    • verb
      irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

    Synonyms of "gall" in English dictionary

    chafe, insolence, rancour are the top synonyms of "gall" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of gall

    • gall ( third-person singular simple present galls, present participle galling, simple past and past participle galled)
    • gall ( countable and uncountable;  plural  galls)
    • gall ( plural  galls)
    • gall (countable and uncountable, plural galls)
    • gall (plural galls)
    • gall (third-person singular simple present galls, present participle galling, simple past and past participle galled)
  • Gall

    Meanings and definitions of "gall"

    • proper
      A surname.

    Grammar and declension of gall

    • Gall (plural Galls)

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