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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A valley, often coursed by a stream; a dale.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tract of low ground between hills; a valley: little used except in poetry. See
valley . - noun A little trough or canal: as, a pump-vale to carry off the water from a ship's pump.
- noun See
vail . - Farewell; adieu. Also used substantively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
- noun See 2d
vail , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
valley - interjection
farewell
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Etymologies
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Examples
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But if he is wise he will, as Milton also did, make it up again, and get the most that he can from his stony-hearted stepmother before the time comes for him to bid her his _Vale vale et aeternum vale_.
Obiter Dicta Second Series Augustine Birrell 1891
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"Now to return to the youth in the corner: _Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit_, Jemmy keep your money, or give it to the priest to keep, and it will be safest; but by no means let the Hyblean honey of the schoolmaster's blarney deprive you of it, otherwise it will be a _vale, vale, longum vale_ between you.
The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes."
NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2011
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Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes."
NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2011
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Among them were a dozen stoic fighters from the New York Underground Combat League, the rules of which are summarized by the phrase "vale tudo," Portuguese for "anything goes."
NYT > Home Page By JED LIPINSKI 2011
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To add to the confusion, the word "vale" is used to mean a dozen things in Spain, including good, ok, yes, etc.
Vale 2006
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The poet in Keats informs his being a prose writer of genius, as when he delights in the word vale (which appears in the opening line of Hyperion):
Keats's Afterlife Ricks, Christopher 2009
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Hola, quote. .vale comes from the word valorIt's not worth much, It's cheap, That stock is valueless, etc.
Vale 2006
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Of a gentle shepherd maiden, dwelling in Italian vale,
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Ffrom Hungerford to Newbury in Barkshire 7 mile all very deep way, 15 mile thence to Reading in Barkshire flatt way, but ye vale is heavy sand for 3 or 4 mile.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
Related Words
synonyms (37)
Words with the same meaning
- Earth
- Gaea
- Ge
- Tellus
- Terra
- biosphere
- bottom
- bottom glade
- bottoms
- combe
- dale
- dell
- dingle
- gap
- geography
- geosphere
- gill
- glen
- globe
- grove
- intervale
- lunar rill
- mother earth
- pass
- ravine
- strath
- terra
- terrestrial globe
- the blue planet
- this pendent world
- trench
- trough
- vale of tears
- valley
- wadi
- whole wide world
- world
hypernyms (2)
Words that are more generic or abstract
hyponyms (13)
Words more specific or concrete
same context (46)
Words that are found in similar contexts
- Stella
- abiisti
- agendo
- amabilis
- aulae
- ave
- bethink
- bower
- cavern
- cibi
- complexi
- dale
- dell
- expanse
- experiar
- glade
- graff
- grotto
- grove
- hillside
- horunc
- incorrupta
- interfui
- isle
- knoll
- lawn
- meadow
- meadowland
- misting
- moor
- nook
- orle
- pauci
- perde
- platea
- plateau
- ravine
- sata
- sculler
- solitudes
- swamp
- valediction
- valley
- venatio
- venustate
- wilderness
variants (1)
Variants
relateds (2)
relateds
rhymes (83)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Bayle
- Braille
- Dail
- Dale
- Gael
- Gail
- Galle
- Gayle
- Hale
- Jarrell
- Male
- Mikhail
- Quayle
- Sale
- Yale
- ail
- ale
- assail
- avail
- bail
- baile
- bale
- braille
- cail
- cale
- calle
- carrell
- crail
- curtail
- dail
- dale
- derail
- detail
- entail
- exhale
- fail
- faile
- flail
- frail
- gale
- grail
- hail
- hale
- impale
- inhale
- jail
- kail
- kale
- maile
- male
- nail
- nale
- pail
- pale
- prevail
- quail
- quale
- rafale
- rail
- rayle
- reil
- sail
- sale
- salle
- sayle
- scale
- shale
- smale
- snail
- stale
- surveil
- tail
- tale
- trail
- travail
- unveil
- vail
- veil
- wail
- wale
- whale
Gammerstang commented on the word vale
(verb) - To make obeisance; to bow. This verb has perhaps been formed as primarily denoting the obeisance made by servants when they expect a vale, a gratuity from visitors. Samuel Johnson derives this from avail, profit, or Latin vale, farewell. Perhaps from French veiller, to watch, studiously attend. --John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
April 23, 2018