cry

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cry
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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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