bawl

verb (bawl, bawls, bawled, bawling)

«bawl» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To cry very loudly, like a baby. tree →
To shout loudly and roughly. tree →
(informal) «bawl someone out» = to tell them off angrily. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday: babies bawl; a coach bawls instructions. In Alice in Wonderland the Duchess's baby howls and sneezes. In stories it gives a loud, noisy picture.

Examples

The baby bawled all night. tree →
«Get out!» bawled the cook. tree →
The coach bawled at the players to run. tree →
The little boy bawled when he dropped his ice cream. tree →
Dad bawled me out for being late. tree →
The Duchess's baby bawled and sneezed. tree →
‘Hullo!’ bawled Blockhead-Hans, ‘here I am! tree →

Note

Homophone: ball. Regular verb: bawled, bawling. Similar: wail, howl, yell.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «bawl» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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