Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion.
- intransitive verb To express grief or anguish for; lament.
- intransitive verb To bring to a specified condition by weeping.
- intransitive verb To exude or let fall (drops of liquid).
- intransitive verb To express emotion, such as grief, sadness, or joy, by shedding tears. synonym: cry.
- intransitive verb To mourn or grieve.
- intransitive verb To emit or run with drops of liquid.
- noun A period or fit of weeping.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To gather moisture in drops from the atmosphere, as a water-vessel cooled with ice, or a cool metal pipe in a room where steam is present or the atmosphere is humid; also leak slowly from a joint in drops.
- noun Weeping; a fit of weeping.
- noun Exudation; sweat, as of a gum-tree; a leak, as in the joint of a pipe.
- noun Same as
peweep for pewit. Also wype, wipe. - To express sorrow, grief, or anguish by outcry; wail; lament; in more modern usage, to shed tears.
- To drop or flow as tears.
- To let fall drops; drop water; drip; hence, to rain.
- To give out moisture; be very damp.
- To have drooping branches; be pendent; droop: as, a weeping tree; the weeping willow.
- To lament; bewail; bemoan.
- To shed or let fall drop by drop, as tears; give out in drops.
- To spend or consume in weeping; exhaust in tears: usually followed by away, out, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
- transitive verb To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
- transitive verb To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears.
- imp. of
weep , forwept . - intransitive verb Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.
- intransitive verb To lament; to complain.
- intransitive verb To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- intransitive verb To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
- intransitive verb To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
cry ,shed tears . - verb medicine To produce
secretions .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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IV. i.157 (312,6) [and that when you are inclin'd to sleep] [W: to weep] I know not why we should read _to weep_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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_Rejoice with them that do rejoice_, _and weep with them that weep_.
Human Nature and Other Sermons Joseph Butler 1722
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_Rejoice with then that do rejoice_, _and weep with them that weep_.
Human Nature and Other Sermons Joseph Butler 1722
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*sniff* *snuffle* *sob sob weep weep* *teerz running dawn cheekz*
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V. iii.100 (435,2) Constrains them weep, and shake] That is, _constrain_ the eye to _weep_, _and_ the heart to _shake_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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If the Democrats do not want to weep from the left side of their eyes in November, they should let Clinton go home in peace.
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If the Democrats do not want to weep from the left side of their eyes in November, they should let Clinton go home in peace.
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Mr. Pell drew out a pocket – handkerchief, when he came to the word weep, but he made no further use of it than to wipe away a slight tinge of rum which hung upon his upper lip.
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Mr. Pell drew out a pocket-handkerchief, when he came to the word weep, but he made no further use of it than to wipe away a slight tinge of rum which hung upon his upper lip.
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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Mr. Pell drew out a pocket-handkerchief, when he came to the word weep, but he made no further use of it than to wipe away a slight tinge of rum which hung upon his upper lip.
The Pickwick papers 1836
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