wail

«wail» in Mova's school dictionary: to cry out with a long, loud, high sound because of pain… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (wail, wails, wailed, wailing); noun (a wail, wails)

meaning for a pupil

1) To wail is to cry out with a long, loud, high sound because of pain, sadness or anger. tree →

2) A wail is such a long cry. tree →

3) Things like sirens or the wind can also wail. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows deep sadness or a baby's crying, or creates spooky sounds (the wind wailing). Phrases: let out a wail, wail with grief, the wail of a siren.

examples

• The baby began to wail when her toy fell. tree →
• The siren wailed as the ambulance raced past. tree →
• The wind wailed around the old house. tree →
• "It's not fair!" he wailed. tree →
• A long wail came from the forest. tree →
• The mourners wailed at the funeral. tree →
• It wailed through the ship, and died away. tree →

note

Regular verb: wailed, wailing. Homophone: whale (the sea animal). Similar: howl, moan, sob.

In the corpora

• For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
• Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed, wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
• 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Wail ye: Woe worth the day!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.