"swale" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sweɪl/ Forms: swales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: Possibly from Middle English swale (“a shady place, a shadow”), perhaps of North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse svalr (“cool, fresh”), Icelandic svalir (“a balcony running along a wall”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=Possibly}} Possibly, {{inh|en|enm|swale|t=a shady place, a shadow}} Middle English swale (“a shady place, a shadow”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{cog|non|svalr|t=cool, fresh}} Old Norse svalr (“cool, fresh”), {{cog|is|svalir|t=a balcony running along a wall}} Icelandic svalir (“a balcony running along a wall”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} swale (plural swales)
  1. A low tract of moist or marshy land. Translations (low tract of moist or marshy land): блатиста низина (blatista nizina) (Bulgarian), Niederung [feminine] (German), Flussniederung [feminine] (German), Aue [feminine] (German), Senke [feminine] (German), Bodensenke [feminine] (German), Bruch [masculine, neuter] (German), низи́на (nizína) [feminine] (Russian), топь (topʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-swale-en-noun-Q-nfWHLn Disambiguation of 'low tract of moist or marshy land': 93 1 1 4 1
  2. A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
    Sense id: en-swale-en-noun-aEj9pVJX
  3. A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch. Categories (topical): Wetlands Categories (place): Landforms Translations (shallow troughlike depression created to carry water): průleh [masculine] (Czech), Drängraben [masculine] (German), Flutgraben [masculine] (German), Rigole [feminine] (German), canaleta [feminine] (Portuguese), valeta [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-swale-en-noun-0uO34I5e Disambiguation of Wetlands: 10 3 18 22 6 18 24 Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 4 12 27 12 5 32 Disambiguation of 'shallow troughlike depression created to carry water': 1 11 50 17 22
  4. Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil. Categories (topical): Wetlands Categories (place): Landforms Translations (shallow (man-made) trough to allow water to infiltrate the soil): дренаж (drenaž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Sickergraben [masculine] (German), Versickerungsmulde [feminine] (German), Versickerungsgraben [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-swale-en-noun-d46IIZ7R Disambiguation of Wetlands: 10 3 18 22 6 18 24 Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 4 12 27 12 5 32 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 8 19 46 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 12 19 39 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 11 19 42 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 11 19 41 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 13 19 39 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 9 19 44 22 Disambiguation of 'shallow (man-made) trough to allow water to infiltrate the soil': 1 21 18 36 24
  5. A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop. Categories (place): Landforms Translations (shallow depression sloping downward from a plains upland or level ridgetop): Senke [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-swale-en-noun-WCoJYLPl Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 4 12 27 12 5 32 Disambiguation of 'shallow depression sloping downward from a plains upland or level ridgetop': 2 11 16 18 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sweɪl/ Forms: swales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: See sweal. Head templates: {{en-noun}} swale (plural swales)
  1. (UK, dialectal) A gutter in a candle. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Wetlands
    Sense id: en-swale-en-noun-yz9YC3Ec Disambiguation of Wetlands: 10 3 18 22 6 18 24 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /sweɪl/ Forms: swales [present, singular, third-person], swaling [participle, present], swaled [participle, past], swaled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: See sweal. Head templates: {{en-verb}} swale (third-person singular simple present swales, present participle swaling, simple past and past participle swaled)
  1. Alternative form of sweal (“melt and waste away, or singe”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sweal (extra: melt and waste away, or singe) Categories (topical): Wetlands Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-swale-en-verb-A8B3XhfM Disambiguation of Wetlands: 10 3 18 22 6 18 24 Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 4 12 27 12 5 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 12 27 12 7 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 4 12 28 12 5 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 12 30 12 3 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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