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divulge

English

Etymology

Latin divulgare, from di- (widely) + vulgare (publish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da??v?ld?/, /d??v?ld?/

Verb

divulge (third-person singular simple present divulges, present participle divulging, simple past and past participle divulged)

  1. (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known
    • 2016, December 8, The Economist, The president-elect's EPA head may not believe in climate change
      In an interview with The Economist last year, he insisted his attack on the CPP had nothing to do with his views on global warming, which he would not divulge.
    • 1910, Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses, "How to Avoid Getting Married"
      Here then is a letter from a young man whose name I must not reveal, but whom I will designate as D. F., and whose address I must not divulge, but will simply indicate as Q. Street, West.
    Synonym: disclose
  2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim.

Synonyms

  • bewray, bring out, uncover, disclose, discover, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal; see also Thesaurus:divulge

Related terms

  • divulgation
  • divulgement

Translations

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yell

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /j?l/
  • Rhymes: -?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?ellen, yellen, from Old English ?iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellan?. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (to yell), Dutch gillen (to yell), German Low German gellen (to yell), German gellen (to yell).

Verb

yell (third-person singular simple present yells, present participle yelling, simple past and past participle yelled)

  1. (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
  2. (transitive) to convey by shouting
    He yelled directions to the party from the car.
  3. (slang) to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)
    If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.
Usage notes

To yell at someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

Synonyms
  • (shout): call, cry, holler, shout
  • See also Thesaurus:shout
Derived terms
Related terms
  • gale
  • yelp
Translations

Noun

yell (plural yells)

  1. A shout.
  2. A phrase to be shouted.
    • 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)
      After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings []

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots yeld (ceasing to give milk).

Adjective

yell (not comparable)

  1. (Ulster) dry (of cow)

Anagrams

  • Lyle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English yell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?j?l/
  • Hyphenation: yell
  • Rhymes: -?l

Noun

yell m (plural yells)

  1. yell, a slogan to be shouted, especially in sports or games (e.g. by players, cheerleaders or the audience)

Related terms

  • gil
  • gillen
  • yellen

Middle English

Noun

yell

  1. Alternative form of ?elle

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