cry

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[shed a tear|shed tears]]; to [[weep]], especially in [[anger]] or [[sadness]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[shout]], [[scream]], [[yell]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To [[forcefully]] [[attract]] [[attention]] or [[proclaim]] one’s [[presence]].
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
7. To make [[oral]] and [[public]] [[proclamation]] of; to [[notify]] or [[advertise]] by [[outcry]], especially things lost or [[found]], goods to be [[sold]], [[auction]]ed, etc.

Noun

1. A shedding of [[tears]]; the act of crying.
2. A [[shout]] or [[scream]].
3. Words shouted or screamed.
4. A clamour or outcry.
5. {{lb|en|collective|archaic}} A group of [[hounds]].
6. {{lb|en|by extension|obsolete|derogatory}} A pack or company of people.
7. {{lb|en|of an animal}} A typical [[sound]] made by the species in question.
8. A [[desperate]] or [[urgent]] request.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Common report; gossip.

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