cry

Etymology
The verb is from (13th century), from, from , generally thought to derive from  ( has also been suggested as a source). The noun corresponds to, , from , a deverbal of.

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Already in the 13th century, the meaning was extended to include the sense "to shed tears" (natively ); cry used in this sense had mostly replaced weep by the 16th century.

Verb



 * 1)  To shed tears; to weep.
 * 2)  To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
 * 3)  To shout, scream, yell.
 * 4)  To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
 * 5)  To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
 * 6)  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, auctioned, etc.
 * 8) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1)  To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
 * 2)  To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
 * 3)  To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
 * 4) To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
 * 5) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1)  To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
 * 2) To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
 * 3) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
 * 1) Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:weep
 * See also Thesaurus:shout
 * See also Thesaurus:weep
 * See also Thesaurus:shout
 * See also Thesaurus:weep
 * See also Thesaurus:shout
 * See also Thesaurus:weep
 * See also Thesaurus:shout

Noun

 * 1) A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
 * After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
 * 1) A shout or scream.
 * I heard a cry from afar.
 * 1) Words shouted or screamed.
 * a battle cry
 * 1) A clamour or outcry.
 * 2)  A group of hounds.
 * 3) * 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
 * "en"
 * 1) * 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
 * "en"

- Before the gates there sat / On either side a formidable shape; / The one seem’d woman to the waste, and fair, / But ended foul in many a scaly fold / Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm’d / With mortal sting: about her middle round / A cry of hell-hounds never ceasing bark’d / With wide Cerberean mouths full loud and rung / A hideous peal; yet, when they list,would creep, / If ought disturb'd their noise, into her womb, / and kennel there, yet there still bark’d and howl’d, / Within unseen.


 * 1)  A pack or company of people.
 * 2)  A typical sound made by the species in question.
 * "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
 * 1) A desperate or urgent request.
 * 2)  Common report; gossip.
 * 1) A desperate or urgent request.
 * 2)  Common report; gossip.

Etymology 1
, from ; compare.

Noun

 * 1) A shout or yell; a loud vocalisation:
 * 2) A call of distress or sorrow.
 * 3) A plea for help or justice.
 * 4) An announcement or report:
 * 5) A proclamation or directive.
 * 6) A call for people; a summons.
 * 7)  A military force; a troop.
 * 8) The characteristic sound of an animal.
 * 9)  The sound of a horn or trumpet.

Etymology
, from.

Verb

 * 1) to call, to give a name to