clāmō — 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.
- 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.
- yell verb To shout loudly, especially out of anger, excitement, or fear.
Senses
clāmō is used for these senses in English:
- call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
- scream (intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
- shout (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
- shout (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out
- yell (transitive) To convey by shouting.
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.
scream — full definition
- noun A loud, high-pitched cry expressing strong emotion such as fear, pain, or excitement.
- verb To cry out loudly and sharply, especially from fear, pain, or excitement.
- verb To be extremely obvious or unmistakable in showing a particular quality.