Rufen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- cry verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
- dub verb To give something a name or nickname.
- hail noun Small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm.
- hoot noun The low, mournful call of an owl.
- shout verb To say something loudly, especially to express strong emotion or get attention.
- shout-out noun A brief public expression of thanks, praise or greeting to a named person or group.
Senses
Rufen is used for these senses in English:
- call A cry or shout.
- call (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- cry (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- cry (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- dub (transitive, now, informal) To name, to entitle, to call. [from the later 16th c.]
- hail (transitive) To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of.
- hoot To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.
cry — full definition
- verb To shed tears, usually from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.
- verb To shout or call out loudly.
- noun An act of shedding tears.
- noun A loud shout or call.