Word Meaning

cry definition and meaning

v. i. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
v. i. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
v. i. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
v. t. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
v. t. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
v. t. To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
v. t. to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
v. i. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
v. i. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
v. i. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
v. i. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
v. i. Importunate supplication.
v. i. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
v. i. Common report; fame.
v. i. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
v. i. A pack of hounds.
v. i. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
v. i. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Crossword clues for cry

- Don’t ... over spilt milk
- Howl
- Shed tears
- Shout
- Shout out about blubber
- Shout, “Seaweed from Calgary!”
- Sob
- Starting a cryptic is enough to make you weep
- Wail
- Weep