Yelped vs Yelmed - What's the difference?
yelped | yelmed |
(yelp)
An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail siren-sound.
To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
(yelm)
a bundle of straw used for thatch
*1952 : The thatcher then laid the 'yelms', or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.
to prepare straw for use as thatch
*1952 : The preparation of straw for thatch, which was known as 'yelming', consisted in damping it and 'drawing' it with a thatching-fork, or great comb, so as to get the straws parallel. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.
As verbs the difference between yelped and yelmed
is that yelped is (yelp) while yelmed is (yelm).yelped
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(head)Anagrams
*yelp
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Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
Etymology 2
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.