Thesaurus: wail

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1. v. t. To choose; to select.
2. v. t. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
3. v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
4. n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
5. n. a cry of sorrow and grief
6. v. emit long loud cries
7. v. cry weakly or softly
8. To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats." Henryson. To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. Shak. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep. Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah i. 8. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the forest." Longfellow.
9. To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats." Henryson.
10. n:33/v:67 v. cry weakly or softly