{
    "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."
}