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# bawl

verb (bawl, bawls, bawled, bawling)

«bawl» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To cry very loudly, like a baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#m1)
2. To shout loudly and roughly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#m2)
3. (informal) «bawl someone out» = to tell them off angrily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday: babies bawl; a coach bawls instructions. In Alice in Wonderland the Duchess's baby howls and sneezes. In stories it gives a loud, noisy picture.

### Examples

- The baby bawled all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x1)
- «Get out!» bawled the cook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x2)
- The coach bawled at the players to run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x3)
- The little boy bawled when he dropped his ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x4)
- Dad bawled me out for being late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x5)
- The Duchess's baby bawled and sneezed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x6)
- ‘Hullo!’ bawled Blockhead-Hans, ‘here I am! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/#x7)

### Note

Homophone: ball. Regular verb: bawled, bawling. Similar: wail, howl, yell.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bawl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bawl/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bawl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bawl.html) on Mova free.