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{
"term": "yell",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "yell",
"heSheIt": "yells"
},
"pastSimple": "yelled",
"pastParticiple": "yelled",
"ingForm": "yelling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to shout loudly, for example because you are angry, excited, frightened or in pain",
"sensetop": "yell (at somebody/something)yell at somebody to do somethingyell with somethingyell out (in something)+ speechyell something (at somebody/something)yell out somethingyell for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He yelled at the other driver.",
"contextForm": "yell (at somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "She yelled at the child to get down from the wall.",
"contextForm": "yell at somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "They yelled with excitement.",
"contextForm": "yell with something"
},
{
"text": "She yelled out in pain.",
"contextForm": "yell out (in something)"
},
{
"text": "‘Be careful!’ he yelled.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "The crowd yelled encouragement at the players.",
"contextForm": "yell something (at somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "He yelled out her name.",
"contextForm": "yell out something"
},
{
"text": "He yelled for help.",
"contextForm": "yell for something"
},
{
"text": "He yelled at me furiously."
},
{
"text": "She yelled back at me to mind my own business."
},
{
"text": "She yelled in pain as she touched the hot iron."
},
{
"text": "The children were yelling with delight."
},
{
"text": "‘How close are they?’ I shouted. ‘I don't know,’ she yelled back."
},
{
"text": "‘Watch out!’ he yelled."
},
{
"text": "I had to yell at the top of my lungs."
},
{
"text": "I had to yell at the top of my voice to make myself heard."
},
{
"text": "Stop yelling at me!"
},
{
"text": "The crowd yelled encouragement to the team."
},
{
"text": "The man was yelling furiously at the other driver."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["loudly", "angrily", "furiously"],
"verb + yell": ["hear somebody"],
"preposition": ["at", "for", "in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/jel/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yell__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/jelz/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yells__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/jeld/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yelled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjelɪŋ/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yelling__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/jel/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yell__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/jelz/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yells__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/jeld/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yelled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjelɪŋ/",
"audio": "ye/yell/yelling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English g(i)ellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gillen and German gellen."
}