cri — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• Cree name An Indigenous North American people, and the group of related languages they speak.
• cry verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
• holler verb To shout loudly, often to get attention or express strong feeling.
• scream noun A loud, high-pitched cry expressing strong emotion such as fear, pain, or excitement.
• shout verb To say something loudly, especially to express strong emotion or get attention.

Senses

cri is used for these senses in English:

• call A cry or shout.
• call A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
• call (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
• holler A yell, shout.
• scream A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
• shout A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

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