CRY "WOLF"

Meaning of CRY "WOLF" in English

call for help when one doesn't need it, declare a false emergency

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

CRY WOLF — phrasal to give alarm unnecessarily
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRY WOLF — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the fable of the shepherd boy who gave the alarm of “wolf” in fun : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY WOLF — call for help when one doesn't need it, declare a false emergency
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CRY WOLF — : to give alarm unnecessarily
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRY WOLF — to give alarm unnecessarily
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CRY WOLF — raise repeated false alarms, so that a real cry for help is ignored. [with allusion to the fable of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRY WOLF — to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY WOLF — {v. phr.} To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. * /The general …
Slang English vocab
CRY WOLF — {v. phr.} To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. * /The general …
Словарь английских идиом
CRY WOLF — give a false alarm, warn of a danger that is not there He is crying wolf. There is no real …
English Idioms vocab
CRY WOLF — v. phr. To give a false alarm; warn of a danger that you know is not there. The general said …
American Idioms English vocabulary
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRY WOLF — Волк-одиночка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
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CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
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CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
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CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
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CRY WOLF — поднимать ложную тревогу
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WOLF — I Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Английский словарь Британика
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves -lvz ; see sense 1 ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cried ; crying ; cries ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Old French crier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOLF — — wolflike , adj. /woolf/ , n. , pl. wolves /woolvz/ , v. n. 1. any of several large carnivorous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRY — /kruy/ , v. , cried, crying , n. , pl. cries . v.i. 1. to utter inarticulate sounds, esp. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves ˈwu̇lvz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wulf; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cry·ing ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo-French crier, from Latin quiritare to make …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOLF — adj a willying machine. 2. wolf ·adj an eating ulcer or sore. ·cf. lupus. 3. wolf ·adj a white worm, …
Webster English vocab
CRY — vi a pack of hounds. 2. cry ·vi common report; fame. 3. cry ·vi importunate supplication. 4. cry ·vi outcry; …
Webster English vocab
WOLF — [wolf] n, pl wolves often attrib [ME, fr. OE wulf; akin to OHG wolf wolf, L lupus, Gk lykos] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRY — [cry] vb cried ; cry.ing [ME crien, fr. OF crier, fr. L quiritare to make a public outcry, perh. fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOLF — Gray wolf (Canis lupus). either of two species of wild doglike carnivores of the family Canidae. The gray, or timber, …
Britannica English vocabulary
WOLF — / wʊlf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. wolves / wʊlvz; NAmE /) a large wild animal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — / kraɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cries , cry·ing , cried , cried ) 1. cry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — I. wolf 1 /wʊlf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural wolves /wʊlvz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wulf ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRY — I. cry 1 S2 W2 /kraɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle cried , present participle crying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOLF — n. & v. n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRY — v. & n. v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1. a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Oxford English vocab
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1. intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Oxford English vocab
WOLF — ( wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed) 1. A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — ( cries, crying, cried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES wolf whistle COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bad ▪ As shadows start to threaten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage ▪ She remembered his cries of rage as he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WOLF — n. dire wolf Sacks Oliver Wolf Tasmanian wolf wolf spider Wolf Christa Wolf Hugo Filipp Jakob
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF — n. Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY — n. battle cry cry down cry off cry out cry up rallying cry war cry
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: BATTLE CRY , motto, rallying cry, war cry Related Words: slogan 2 Synonyms: REPORT 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — I. verb 1. Synonyms: call 1, hallo, holler, hollo, shout, vociferate, yell Related Word: bleat 2. to show distress, grief, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY — I. noun 1 shout/loud noise ADJECTIVE ▪ great , loud ▪ faint , little , low , small , soft …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRY — See ↑ CRY 1, ↑ SHOUT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shoulder to cry on • ↑ don't cry • …
Longman Activator English vocab
CRY — INDEX: 1. to cry 2. to start to cry 3. almost crying 4. to make someone cry 5. to stop …
Longman Activator English vocab
WOLF — n. 25B6; noun . See list. 25B6; verb DEVOUR, gobble (up), guzzle, gulp down, bolt; informal put away, demolish, shovel …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WOLF — There can be little doubt that the wolf of Palestine is the common Canis lupus, and that this is the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CRY — verb 1 BAD : The children got very excited and began to cry. GOOD : The children got very excited …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) крик, вопль Hearing the loud cry of "a man overboard" ≈ Слыша громкий крик "человек за …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WOLF — wolf.ogg 1. wʋlf n ( pl wolves) 1. 1> зоол. волк ( Canis lupus ) 2> волчий мех 2. жестокий, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRY — cry.ogg 1. kraı n 1. крик to give a cry - закричать 2. вопль, мольба to be deaf to smb.'s …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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