wail
//weɪl//
Verb
wailInfinitive
wailPresent tense
wailedPast tense
wailedPast participle
wailingPresent participle
wailsThird-person singular
1
To cry out loudly in grief, pain, or distress.
The child wailed in pain after falling off the bicycle.
2
To make a prolonged, high-pitched sound resembling a cry.
The ambulance siren wailed through the night.
Noun
wailSingular
wailsPlural
1
A prolonged, high-pitched cry of grief, pain, or distress.
A wail of grief echoed through the hospital corridor.
2
A sound resembling such a cry.
The wail of the ambulance siren echoed through the streets.