cry (kraɪ
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: cries, crying, cried
- (intr) to utter inarticulate sounds, esp when weeping; sob
- (intr) to shed tears; weep
- (intr) out to scream or shout in pain, terror, etc
- (tr) out to utter or shout (words of appeal, exclamation, fear, etc)
- (intr) out (of animals, birds, etc) to utter loud characteristic sounds
- (tr) to hawk or sell by public announcement ⇒
to cry newspapers
- to announce (something) publicly or in the streets
- (intr) for to clamour or beg
- Scottish to call
- See cry for the moon
- See cry one's eyes out
- See cry quits
noun
Word forms: plural, cries
- the act or sound of crying; a shout, exclamation, scream, or wail
- the characteristic utterance of an animal or bird ⇒
the cry of gulls
- Scottish a call
- archaic an oral announcement, esp one made by town criers
- a fit of weeping
- hunting the baying of a pack of hounds hunting their quarry by scent
- a pack of hounds
- See a far cry
- See in full cry
Word Origin
C13: from Old French crier, from Latin quirītāre to call for helpSynonyms
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weep,
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bawl,
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keen,
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howl your eyes out
lament,
=
shout,
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bruit,
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=
shout,
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weeping,
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lamentation,
plaint,
Quotations
"It is no use crying over spilt milk"
Translations
- British English:
cry
A cry is a loud sound that you make with your voice.I heard the cry of a bird.kraɪ NOUN I heard the cry of a bird.
- Spanish:
llanto
nm
- French:
cri
nm
- German:
Weinen
nnt
- Chinese: 哭泣 n
- Arabic: بُكَاء n
- Portuguese: choro nm
- Russian: плач nm
- Croatian: krik nm
- Czech: pláč nm
- Danish: råb nnt
- Dutch: kreet nm
- Finnish: itku n
- Greek: κλάμα nnt
- Italian: pianto nm
- Japanese: 泣き叫ぶ声 n
- Korean: 울음 소리 n
- Norwegian: gråt nm
- Polish: płacz nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: grito nm
- European Spanish:
llanto
nm
- Swedish: skrik nnt
- Thai: เสียงร้อง n
- Turkish: çığlık n
- Vietnamese: sự khóc lóc n
- British English:
cry
When you cry, tears come from your eyes. People cry when they are sad or hurt.The baby started to cry.kraɪ VERB The baby started to cry.
- Spanish:
llorar
v
- French:
pleurer
vi
- German:
weinen
v
- Chinese: 哭泣 v
- Arabic: يَبْكِي v
- Portuguese: chorar v
- Russian: плакать v
- Croatian: plakati v
- Czech: plakat v
- Danish: græde v
- Dutch: huilen v
- Finnish: itkeä v
- Greek: κλαίω v
- Italian: piangere v
- Japanese: 泣く v
- Korean: 울다 v
- Norwegian: rope v
- Polish: zapłakać v płakać
- Brazilian Portuguese: chorar v
- European Spanish:
llorar
v
- Swedish: gråta v
- Thai: ร้องไห้ v
- Turkish: ağlamak v
- Vietnamese: khóc v
Usage examples
In the back of her mind she caught the echo of an anguished cry.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)Renaming his bar Flaming Moe's after hitting pay dirt with a girly drink was, perhaps, a cry for help.
Maxim (2005)Bulger never gave Connolly a heart attack, never made him cry.
Irish Times (2002)was the Jewish cry echoing round the Catskills of the 1950s.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Allow yourself to go crazy -- scream, shout, cry , laugh, let the sounds come out.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)