What is the meaning of Wail?

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  • (n.) Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
  • (v.i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
  • (v.t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
  • (v.t.) To choose; to select.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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