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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1199
cry
krʌɪ ![Listen](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/listen-icon-blue.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
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Meanings
verb
- shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow.E.g. don't cry—it'll be all right
- shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief.E.g. the centre forward cried in pain as he went down under the challenge
- (of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call.E.g. at the shoreline, gulls cried overhead
noun
- a loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion.E.g. a cry of despair
- the loud characteristic call of a bird or other animal.E.g. the harsh cries of magpies
- a spell of shedding tears.E.g. I still have a cry, sometimes, when I realize that my mother is dead
- a pack of hounds.E.g. he kept a cry of hounds to hunt in the wilderness
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