cry
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɹaɪ̯/
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- Rhymes: -aɪ̯
[edit] Etymology
From Old French crier, compare Latin quiritare "to raise a plaintive cry", "scream", "shriek", perhaps Latin queri "to complain"; compare Sanskrit cvas "to pant", "hiss", "sigh". Compare quarrel a brawl, querulous.
[edit] Verb
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to cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
- That sad movie always makes me cry.
- (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- The captured bear cub tried to cry out to its mother.
[edit] Synonyms
- weep
- See also Wikisaurus:weep
- See also Wikisaurus:shout
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb "cry"
[edit] Translations
intransitive: to weep
intransitive: to shout, scream, yell
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transitive: to shout, to scream (words)
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[edit] Noun
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cry (plural cries)
- A shedding of tears.
- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
- A shout or scream.
- I heard a cry from afar.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- a battle cry
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
shedding of tears
shout or scream
words shouted or screamed
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- “cry” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- cry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- cry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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