wail : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wail	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for wail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wail n a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" Synonym(s): lament, lamentation, plaint, wail v emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" Synonym(s): howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" Synonym(s): wail, whimper, mewl, pule
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wail \Wail\, v. t. [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, G. w[84]hlen.] To choose; to select. [Obs.] [bd]Wailed wine and meats.[b8] --Henryson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wailing}.] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[91]la; cf. Icel. v[91], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. {Woe}.] To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wail \Wail\, v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep. Therefore I will wail and howl. --Micah i. 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wail \Wail\, n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. [bd]The wail of the forest.[b8] --Longfellow.