Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shedding tears; tearful.
- adjective Dropping rain.
- adjective Having slender drooping branches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wailing; lamentation; shedding of tears.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
- adjective Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
- adjective Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees.
- adjective Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
- adjective a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence,
to return by the weeping cross , to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence. - adjective a porous rock from which water gradually issues.
- adjective [Colloq.] a ganglion. See
Ganglion , n., 2. - adjective a spring that discharges water slowly.
- noun The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
weep . - noun Action of the verb to
weep .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
- adjective showing sorrow
- adjective having branches or flower heads that bend downward
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Examples
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We read that, when He saw the sisters weeping, _and the Jews that were with them weeping_, Jesus wept.
Memories of Bethany 1856
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"Weep henceforth on the far bank, beyond ear-shot of the Fort," said John Fox, turning on his heel, "for the noise of thy weeping is exceeding great and will not let one sleep of nights."
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They awake to find themselves covered in weeping sores, mottled skin, and are unrecognizable by their own family.
“Elantris” by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, 2005) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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I once saw her perform Allan Ginsberg's "Howl" dressed as a dog, and she had us alternatively convulsing with laughter and weeping from the sudden revealed meaning in Ginsberg's lines.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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I once saw her perform Allan Ginsberg's "Howl" dressed as a dog, and she had us alternatively convulsing with laughter and weeping from the sudden revealed meaning in Ginsberg's lines.
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They awake to find themselves covered in weeping sores, mottled skin, and are unrecognizable by their own family.
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She spent the night in her recliner in our TV room, dozing fitfully, never for long, and weeping from the pain.
Parris's knee grrm 2007
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Rose-in-Hood to Uns al-Wujud: whereupon the ready drops sprang to her eyes; but she composed her mind, and, gulping down her tears, said to her husband, “O my lord, there is no profit in weeping: the right course is to cast about for a means of keeping thine honour and concealing the affair of thy daughter.”
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Griselda and shows a higher conception of womanly devotion, because Azizah, despite her wearisome weeping, is a girl of high intelligence and Aziz is a vicious zany, weak as water and wilful as wind.
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In some circles, if you mention that you have a short-action (G3¾0) Mauser for sale, people will begin weeping and licking your shoes.
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