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    SCREECHING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Sharp piercing cryplay

    Example:

    her screaming attracted the neighbors

    Synonyms:

    scream; screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; shrieking

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("screeching" is a kind of...):

    call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A high-pitched noise resembling a human cryplay

    Example:

    he heard the scream of the brakes

    Synonyms:

    scream; screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; shrieking

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("screeching" is a kind of...):

    noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

    Derivation:

    screech (make a high-pitched, screeching noise)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb screech

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