Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make the sound of a scream:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make the sound of a scream:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make the sound of a scream:

Examples

1182 sentences

  1. Everyone on the bus was screaming.

    Всі в автобусі верещали. — deniko

    ruВсе в автобусе кричали. — marafon

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  2. I heard Tom screaming.

    Я чув, як Том закричав. — deniko

    ruЯ слышал, как Том кричал. — marafon

    deIch habe Tom schreien hören. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom heard Mary screaming.

    Том почув, як Мері кричить. — deniko

    ruТом услышал крик Мэри. — odexed

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. (figuratively, intransitive)To move quickly; to race.

    He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.

    schreien

    крича́тьkričátʹ

    кричатиkryčaty, вереща́тиvereščáty

  2. (also, figuratively, intransitive)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.

    utter a sudden loud cry

  3. (figuratively, informal, intransitive)To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.

    Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate with Middle Dutch scremen

Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate with Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.

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Forms

screams, screaming, screamed, screamed

regular

Base formscream · to scream
3rd person singularscreams
Present participlescreaming
Past simplescreamed
Past participlescreamed

Tenses

scream · screamed · will scream · have screamed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscream
he, she, itscreams

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave screamed
he, she, ithas screamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scream

Past simpleLesson

all personsscreamed

Synonyms

37 synonyms
(figuratively)To move quickly:speedB1zoomB2flyA1scrambleB2bustleB2hurryA2rushB1shiftB1swapC1zipB2hightailmove quicklyskedaddleget a move on
(figuratively)To cry out with a shrill voice:callA2cryA2roarB2shoutB1yellB2hollerhalloohowlroop
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Relatedscreamerscreaming
Derivedscream forscreaming abdabsscreaming meemiescreaming orgasmscreaming sixtiesscream loudest

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

11 patterns
  • screamed for help
  • heard someone screaming
  • started screaming
  • heard somebody screaming
  • started screaming at
  • screaming in pain
  • someone screaming
  • were screaming at
  • heard screaming
  • somebody screaming
  • kept screaming

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scratchyscrawlscrawnyscreamerscreechscreenA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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