waile

Verb (1)

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

1. (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.

   Synonyms:

   groan, moan

2. (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.

   Synonyms:

   burst into tears, beweep, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, shed a tear, shed tears, squirt some, weep

3. (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
   • The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.

   Synonyms:

   keen, ululate

4. (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
   • to wail one's death

   Synonyms:

   lament, mourn, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, condole

5. (slang) To perform with great liveliness and force.
   • Another outstanding surfer from Hawaii - Fred Hemmings. Fred only stands up on alternate Wednesdays, but when he does, he really wails.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

Verb (2)

wail (third-person singular simple present wails, present participle wailing, simple past and past participle wailed)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of wale (“to choose; to select”).
   • Wailed wine and metesc. 1500, Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid

   Synonyms:

   wale

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