weep

  • 11weep — wēp vb, wept wept; weep·ing vt 1) to pour forth (tears) from the eyes 2) to exude (a fluid) slowly vi 1) to shed tears 2) to exude a serous fluid <a weeping burn> …

    Medical dictionary

  • 12weep — (v.) O.E. wepan shed tears, cry (class VII strong verb; past tense weop, pp. wopen), from P.Gmc. *wopjan (Cf. O.N. op, O.H.G. wuof shout, shouting, crying, O.S. wopian, Goth. wopjan to shout, cry out, weep ), from PIE *wab to cry, scream (Cf. L …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 13weep — index exude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14weep — *cry, wail, keen, whimper, blubber Analogous words: bewail, bemoan, lament, *deplore: sob, moan, *sigh, groan …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 15weep — [v] cry bawl, bemoan, bewail, blubber*, boohoo*, break down*, burst into tears*, complain, deplore, drip, grieve, howl, keen, lament, let go*, let it out*, mewl, moan, mourn, shed tears, snivel, sob, squall, ululate, wail, whimper, yowl; concepts …

    New thesaurus

  • 16weep — ► VERB (past and past part. wept) 1) shed tears. 2) exude liquid. 3) (weeping) used in names of trees and shrubs with drooping branches, e.g. weeping willow. ► NOUN ▪ a fit or spell of shedding tears …

    English terms dictionary

  • 17weep|ie — «WEE pee», noun. British Slang. an overly emotional or sentimental book, film, play, or the like; tear jerker: »Sunrise at Campobello [a motion picture], a strange throwback to the Forties, was a weepie about the last days of F. D. R. (Listener) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 18weep — v. 1) (d; intr.) to weep about, over (to weep over one s misfortune) 2) (d; intr.) to weep for (to weep for joy) 3) (misc.) to weep oneself to sleep; I wept on seeing them so poor * * * [wiːp] over (to weep over one s misfortune) (d; intr.) to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 19weep — weep1 /weep/, v., wept, weeping, n. v.i. 1. to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage. 2. to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak: The old water… …

    Universalium

  • 20weep — be·weep; pees·weep; weep; weep·er; weep·ing·ly; weep·ie; peese·weep; pee·weep; …

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