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1loud — loud, stentorian, earsplitting, hoarse, raucous, strident, stertorous are comparable when they apply to sounds and mean great in volume or unpleasant in effect. Loud suggests a volume above normal and sometimes implies undue vehemence or… …
2Loud — (loud), a. [Compar. {Louder} (loud [ e]r); superl. {Loudest}.] [OE. loud, lud, AS. hl[=u]d; akin to OS. hl[=u]d, D. luid, OHG. l[=u]t, G. laut, L. clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. klyto s heard, loud,… …
3loud — 1 adjective 1 making a lot of noise: a loud bang | That music s too loud. 2 someone who is loud talks too loudly and confidently: The more Tom drank, the louder he became. 3 loud clothes are unpleasantly bright: Butch was wearing a loud checked… …
4cry — [krī] vi. cried, crying [ME crien < OFr crier < L quiritare, to wail, shriek (var. of quirritare, to squeal like a pig < * quis, echoic of a squeal); assoc. in ancient folk etym. with L Quirites, Roman citizens (as if meaning “to call… …
5Cry — (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a brawl,… …
6Cry — (kr?), n.; pl. {Cries} (kr?z). [F. cri, fr. crier to cry. See {Cry}, v. i. ] 1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Outcry; …
7cry — ► VERB (cries, cried) 1) shed tears. 2) shout or scream loudly. 3) (of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call. 4) (cry out for) demand as a self evident requirement or solution. 5) ( …
8cry — vb Cry, weep, wail, keen, whimper, blubber mean to show one s grief, pain, or distress by tears and utterances, usually inarticulate utterances. Cry and weep (the first the homelier, the second the more formal term) are frequently interchanged.… …
9Loud & Clear (Signal album) — Loud Clear is the first and only album by the American AOR band Signal, released in 1989. Track listing#Arms Of A Stranger (4:45) #Does It Feel Like Love (4:06) #My Mistake (3:48) #This Love, This Time (4:48) #Wake Up, You Little Fool (4:18)… …
10cry — early 13c., beg, implore, from O.Fr. crier, from V.L. *critare, from L. quiritare to wail, shriek (Cf. It. gridare, O.Sp. cridar, Sp., Port. gritar), of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of quirritare to squeal like a pig, from *quis, echoic of …
