scream : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scream	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scream
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scream n sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" Synonym(s): scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" Synonym(s): screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming a joke that seems extremely funny Synonym(s): belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot v utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" Synonym(s): shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine" Synonym(s): yell, scream make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scream \Scream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skr[91]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[84]ma, Dan. skr[91]mme. Cf. {Screech}.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry. --Shak. And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scream \Scream\, n. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech. [bd]Screams of horror.[b8] --Pope.