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# yell

«yell» in Mova's school dictionary: **to shout something very loudly, because you are angry…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (yell, yells, yelled, yelling); noun (a yell, yells)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To yell means to shout something very loudly, because you are angry, excited, scared or in pain, or to call someone far away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#m1)

2) A yell is a loud shout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety yelling for help («Help! Fire!») can save lives, and a loud yell can scare off danger; pupils learn to yell «No! Go! Tell!» if a stranger tries to grab them. In manners, we do not yell indoors or at people. In stories it shows strong feeling. Phrases: «yell at», «yell for help», «yell out», «let out a yell».

### examples

- Don't yell in the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x1)
- He yelled for help when he fell in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x2)
- The fans yelled when their team scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x3)
- Mum yelled up the stairs that tea was ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x4)
- She let out a yell when she saw the spider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x5)
- If a stranger grabs you, yell «This is not my dad!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x6)
- Please don't yell at your brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x7)
- We heard a yell from the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x8)
- Fire Eater yelled at them in a hoarse voice: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: «yelled». «Yell at someone» usually means angrily; «yell to someone» means to call them from far away. Similar: «shout», «scream», «holler» (US).

### In the corpora

- [If someone tries to grab you, yell loudly «No!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/4/)
- [If someone tries to grab you, yell, pull away, run to people and tell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/15/)
- [Shouldn't have yelled.» Grown-ups get tired and stressed just like kids, and sometimes they snap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/2/)
- [On Father's Day a boy yells across the playground, «Oi Corey, where's your dad then?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.