A gust of wind swelled the sails.
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Gust
//ɡʌst//
Synonyms for "gust" (144 found)
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84 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- καταιγίς noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Basque
1 entries- bolada noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Belarusian
1 entries- імпэт noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Bulgarian
2 entries- порив noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- пристъп noun (any rush or outburst)
Catalan
1 entries- ratxa noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Czech
4 entries- nával noun (any rush or outburst)
- poryv noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- dout v poryvech verb (to blow in gusts)
- vanout v poryvech verb (to blow in gusts)
Danish
1 entries- vindstød noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Dutch
4 entries- rukwind noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- vlaag noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- windstoot noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- windvlaag noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Esperanto
1 entries- ventopuŝo noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Finnish
4 entries- puuska noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- ryöppy noun (any rush or outburst)
- tuulenpuuska noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- tuulla puuskittaisesti verb (to blow in gusts)
French
4 entries- bourrasque noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- coup de vent noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- rafale noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- souffle noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Galician
4 entries- lufa noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- lufada noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- raxada noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- refacho noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
German
1 entries- Bö noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Greenlandic
1 entries- anoraarsuaq noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַשָּב noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Hindi
2 entries- आवेश noun (any rush or outburst)
- झोंका noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Hungarian
1 entries- széllökés noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Icelandic
2 entries- gustur noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- vindhviða noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Indonesian
3 entries- hembus noun (any rush or outburst)
- hembusan noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- berhembus verb (to blow in gusts)
Ingrian
1 entries- vihura noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Italian
4 entries- folata noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- folata noun (any rush or outburst)
- raffica noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- turbinio noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Latin
1 entries- flabrum noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Māori
4 entries- apu noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- pararā noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- pōpōhau noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- pūrekereke noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Norman
1 entries- rafale noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
North Frisian
1 entries- flååge noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vindkast noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vindkast noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Old Czech
1 entries- dúti verb (to blow in gusts)
Pashto
1 entries- سيلۍ noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Polish
2 entries- poryw noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- zryw noun (any rush or outburst)
Portuguese
4 entries- lufa noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- lufada noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- pé de vento noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- rabanada noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Russian
3 entries- взрыв noun (any rush or outburst)
- поры́в noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- поры́в noun (any rush or outburst)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- plathadh noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Spanish
4 entries- fugada noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- racha noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- ramalazo noun (any rush or outburst)
- ráfaga noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Swedish
1 entries- by noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Walloon
2 entries- houfêye noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
- såte di vint noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
Yiddish
1 entries- ווייע noun (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
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A gust of wind blew a shower of rain directly into my face.
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There was a gust of hot wind from the tunnel as the train approached.
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The gust of wind rose suddenly.
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