cry
IPA: krˈaɪ
noun
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- A shout or scream.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- A clamour or outcry.
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- A desperate or urgent request.
- (obsolete) Common report; gossip.
verb
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
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Examples of "cry" in Sentences
- The baby was crying.
- They heard the audience cry boo.
- The faint hearted man started to cry.
- Mollycoddle children never stop crying.
- Hunger is a main stimulant of the basic cry.
- It was the resounding cry of a heroic people.
- The cry of distress is the summons to relief.
- It is, however, a euphoric and victorious battle cry.
- No, for me, crying used to be catharsis of the negative.
- Feeling joyous at the moment, the Grinch listens for a sad cry from the Whos.