transcription, транскрипция: [ weɪl ]
( 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
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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
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Wail is also a noun.
The wail of the bagpipe could be heard in the distance.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n
• wail‧ing
Our artillery opened up and we heard a fearful wailing and screeching.
N-UNCOUNT