Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wail
Wail
wail
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)
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I. verb see: woe Date: 14th century intransitive verb to express sorrow audibly ; lament, to make a sound suggestive of a mournful cry, to express dissatisfaction plaintively ; complain, transitive verb archaic be~, to say or express plaintively , ~er noun II. noun Date: 15th century the act or practice of ~ing ; loud lamentation, 2. a usually prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain, a sound suggestive of ~ing , a querulous expression of grievance ; complaint ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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