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Wail
wail
~ v 1 to say something in a loud, sad, and complaining way ("But what shall I do?" Bernard wailed.) 2 to cry out with a long, high sound, especially because you are very sad or in pain (weeping and wailing) (weeping and wailing with grief) 3 to make a long, high sound (The wind wailed in the chimney.) - wail n (the wail of police sirens)
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(wails, wailing, wailed) 1. If someone wails, they make long, loud, high-pitched cries which express sorrow or pain. The women began to wail in mourning. ...a mother wailing for her lost child. VERB: V, V for n • Wail is also a noun. Wails of grief were heard as visitors filed past the site of the disaster. N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. If you wail something, you say it in a loud, high-pitched voice that shows that you are unhappy or in pain. ‘Now look what you’ve done!’ Shirley wailed... Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry. VERB: V with quote, V that, also V about n 3. If something such as a siren or an alarm wails, it makes a long, loud, high-pitched sound. Police cars, their sirens wailing, accompanied the lorries... VERB: V • Wail is also a noun. The wail of the bagpipe could be heard in the distance. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n • wailing Our artillery opened up and we heard a fearful wailing and screeching. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English weilen, waylen, perhaps modification (influenced by Middle English weilawei wellaway) of Old Norse v?la, vala to ~; akin to Old Norse vei woe — more at woe Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to express sorrow audibly ; lament 2. to make a sound suggestive of a mournful cry 3. to express dissatisfaction plaintively ; complain transitive verb archaic 1. be~ 2. to say or express plaintively ~ed that her cake was ruined • ~er noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or practice of ~ing ; loud lamentation 2. a. a usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain b. a sound suggestive of ~ing the ~ of an air-raid siren c. a querulous expression of grievance ; complaint ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged plaintive inarticulate loud high-pitched cry of pain, grief, etc. 2 a sound like or suggestive of this. --v. 1 intr. utter a wail. 2 intr. lament or complain persistently or bitterly. 3 intr. (of the wind etc.) make a sound like a person wailing. 4 tr. poet. or rhet. bewail; wail over. Phrases and idioms Wailing Wall a high wall in Jerusalem said to stand on the site of Herod's temple, where Jews traditionally pray and lament on Fridays. Derivatives wailer n. wailful adj. poet. wailingly adv. Etymology: ME f. ON, rel. to WOE WAIN n. archaic 1 a wagon. 2 (prec. by the) = CHARLES'S WAIN. Etymology: OE w{aelig}g(e)n, w{aelig}n, f. Gmc, rel. to WAY, WEIGH(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. вопль wail of anguish —- крик боли 2. завывание, вой wail of the wind —- завывание ветра 3. громкий плач, рыдание; причитание; стенания 4. вопить; стонать 5. выть; завывать 6. (over, about) сетовать, жаловаться don't wail over (about) your misfortunes —- перестань плакаться (по поводу своих несчастий) 7. оплакивать; причитать, стенать to wail for (over) one's dead —- оплакивать мертвых; причитать над покойником 8. ам. сл. играть на джазовом инструменте ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) вопль 2) завывание (ветра) 3) причитания, стенания 2. v. 1) вопить; выть 2) причитать, стенать; оплакивать (over); The boy was wailing over his dead dog Syn: see weep ...Англо-русский словарь
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