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| NOUN: | A long, mournful cry: bay2, howl, moan, ululation, yowl. See SOUNDS. | | VERB: | 1. To cry loudly, as a healthy child does from pain or distress: bawl, howl, yowl. See SOUNDS. 2. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears: bawl, blubber, cry, howl, keen2, sob, weep, yowl. See HAPPY, SOUNDS. 3. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound: bay2, howl, moan, ululate, yowl. See SOUNDS.
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