γελάω — meaning in English

English meaning

• laugh verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
• roar verb To make a loud, deep sound, as from anger, pain, or excitement, or as a large animal does.

Senses

γελάω is used for these senses in English:

• laugh (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
• roar To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

laugh — full definition

1. verb To make the sound and facial movements that show amusement or delight.
2. noun The act or sound of laughing.
3. noun Something that causes amusement; a source of fun.

roar — full definition

1. verb To make a loud, deep sound, as from anger, pain, or excitement, or as a large animal does.
2. noun A loud, deep sound or cry.

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