Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.

    schreien

    крича́тьkričátʹ, ора́тьorátʹ, вопи́тьvopítʹ

    крича́тиkryčáty, вереща́тиvereščáty

  2. (transitive)To convey by shouting.

    He yelled directions to the party from the car.

  3. (informal, usually)To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.

    If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

    They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time.

More definitions
  • utter or declare in a very loud voice
  • utter a sudden loud cry

Examples

939 sentences
  1. I heard someone yelling my name.

    Я чув, як хтось кричав моє ім'я.

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  2. Tom was too scared to yell.

    Том був занадто переляканий, щоб кричати.

    ruФома был слишком напуган, чтобы кричать.

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  3. Tom started to yell at Mary.

    Том почав кричати на Мері.

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  4. Why did Tom yell at you?

    Чому Том на тебе кричав?

    ruПочему Том на тебя кричал?

    deWarum hat Tom dich angeschrien?

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  5. Tom often yells at his children.

    Том часто кричить на своїх дітей.

    ruТом часто кричит на своих детей.

    deTom schreit seine Kinder oft an.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną

From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).

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Forms

yells, yelling, yelled, yelled
Base formyell · to yell
3rd person singularyells
Present participleyelling
Past simpleyelled
Past participleyelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyyell
he, she, ityells

Past simpleLesson

all personsyelled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill yell

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • yelled for help
  • yelling at each
  • always yells at
  • was yelling at
  • to yell at
  • heard somebody yelling
  • heard someone yelling
  • have yelled at
  • started yelling
  • yelling at someone
  • started yelling at
  • yells at his

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yell — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto