wail
/weɪl/verb
उच्चारण वेल
विलाप करना, रोना-चिल्लाना
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Asked in previous papers
as synonym
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to make a long loud high cry because you are sad or in pain
विलाप करना, रोना-चिल्लाना
- The child wailed for its mother.
- A woman wailed outside the hospital after hearing the sad news.
- The baby wailed until its mother picked it up.
+ 2 more examples
- Women wailed loudly at the funeral.
- The wind seemed to wail around the old house.
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[C]
a long loud high cry expressing pain or sadness; a sound similar to this
विलाप, चीख़
- the wail of the siren
- We heard the wail of a baby from the next flat.
- A wail of pain came from the injured player.
+ 2 more examples
- The wail of the ambulance siren grew louder.
- With a loud wail, the child dropped his ice cream.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
wail + with / in + feeling
Use with or in to name the grief, pain or fear that makes a person wail.
जिस दुख, पीड़ा या भय के कारण कोई विलाप करता है, उसे बताने के लिए with या in आता है।
- The woman wailed with grief at the station.
- The child wailed in pain after the fall.
wail + speech (direct or reported)
Wail can introduce what is said in a long, sad voice.
'Wail' लंबी, दुखभरी आवाज़ में कही गई बात को प्रस्तुत करने के लिए आ सकता है।
- 'I have lost everything!' she wailed.
- He wailed that nobody understood him.
a wail of + noun
As a noun, a wail of is a long cry of pain, protest or sorrow.
Noun के रूप में 'a wail of' पीड़ा, विरोध या शोक की लंबी चीख़ है।
- A wail of sirens filled the night.
- There was a wail of protest from the students.
wail (sound) + subject
Things, such as sirens and the wind, also wail when they make a long high sound.
Siren और हवा जैसी चीज़ें भी wail करती हैं, जब वे लंबी ऊँची आवाज़ निकालती हैं।
- The ambulance siren wailed through the narrow lanes.
+Collocations 4
wail + adverb
loudlybitterlyhelplesslypiteouslyendlessly
- The abandoned puppy wailed piteously outside the gate.
subject + wail
babymothersirenwindcrowd
- The wind wailed through the broken windows.
adjective + wail
loudlonghighmournfuldesperate
- A mournful wail rose from the crowd at the cremation ground.
verb + wail
let outgivehearbreak intoburst into
- She let out a wail when she saw the result.
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- The villagers wailed as the flood destroyed their homes.
बाढ़ ने घर उजाड़ दिए तो ग्रामीण विलाप करने लगे।
- A baby's wail woke Radhika at midnight.
एक शिशु के रोने की आवाज़ ने राधिका को आधी रात में जगा दिया।
- The sirens wailed as the fire engines rushed to the market.
दमकल गाड़ियाँ बाज़ार की ओर दौड़ीं तो सायरन चीख़ उठे।
- 'Why did this happen to us?' the old man wailed.
'हमारे साथ ऐसा क्यों हुआ?' बूढ़ा व्यक्ति विलाप कर उठा।
- The wail of the shehnai floated across the courtyard at dawn.
भोर में शहनाई की करुण तान आँगन में तैर रही थी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She wailed from grief at her father's death.
✓ She wailed with grief at her father's death.
The feeling that causes the wailing is introduced with with, not from.
विलाप का कारण बनने वाली भावना के साथ with आता है, from नहीं।
✗ The little boy whaled all night with the pain.
✓ The little boy wailed all night with the pain.
Wail (to cry loudly) and whale (the sea animal) are homophones.
Wail (ज़ोर से रोना) और whale (समुद्री जीव) समान उच्चारण वाले शब्द हैं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Wail, weep and sob all describe crying, but they differ in sound and loudness.
Wail, weep और sob तीनों रोने का वर्णन करते हैं, पर आवाज़ और तीव्रता में भिन्न हैं।
A long, loud, high cry of grief or pain, often in public.
दुख या पीड़ा की लंबी, ऊँची चीख़, प्रायः सबके सामने।
- The women wailed over the body.
To shed tears, often quietly and for a longer time.
आँसू बहाना, प्रायः चुपचाप और देर तक।
- She wept quietly in the corner.
To cry with short, sharp breaths that shake the body.
छोटी, तेज़ साँसों के साथ रोना जो शरीर को हिला दें।
- He sobbed into his pillow.
?Which word?
Homophone, asked very often: wail (a long sad cry) and whale (a very large sea mammal) are both pronounced /weɪl/.
Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: wail (लंबी दुखभरी पुकार) और whale (बहुत बड़ा समुद्री स्तनधारी, व्हेल) दोनों की pronunciation /weɪl/ है।
Keep the crying words together: wail (loud and long), weep (cry quietly), sob (cry noisily with short breaths), whimper (cry with weak sounds), howl (loud and long, like a wolf).
रोने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: wail (तेज़ और लंबा), weep (चुपचाप रोना), sob (छोटी साँसों के साथ ज़ोर से रोना), whimper (कमज़ोर आवाज़ में रोना), howl (भेड़िये की तरह तेज़ और लंबा)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Wailing Wall (Western Wall) is in Jerusalem.
Wailing Wall (Western Wall) यरूशलम में है।