CRY
\kɹˈa͡ɪ], \kɹˈaɪ], \k_ɹ_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of CRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
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a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
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the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
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bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep"
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utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
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utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
By Princeton University
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utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
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a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
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the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
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bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep"
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utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
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utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
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To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
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To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
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To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
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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.
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A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
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Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
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Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
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Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
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Importunate supplication.
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Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
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Common report; fame.
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A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
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A pack of hounds.
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A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
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The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
By Oddity Software
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To call aloud; to complain or appeal loudly; exclaim vehemently; shed tears.
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To utter loudly and publicly in giving notice; to affect or cause by weeping.
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Cried.
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Crying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To utter a shrill loud sound. esp. one expressive of pain or grief: to lament: to weep: to bawl.
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To utter loudly: to proclaim or make public:-pa.t. and pa.p. cried.
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Any loud sound: particular sound uttered by an animal: bawling: lamentation: weeping: prayer: clamor:-pl. CRIES.
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CRIER.
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To be in the act of giving birth to a child: sometimes followed by out. Shak.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To utter loudly; shout out; proclaim.
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To call loudly; shout.
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To utter lamentations; weep.
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A loud call; shout; yell.
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The act of weeping.
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Advertisement by outcry; proclamation; public demand.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Clamor, Boe, (F.) Cri. The sound of the unarticulated voice. The native voice, which the idiot and deaf possess equally with the man of genius and hearing. The cry of the new-born child has been called Vagitus, (F.) Vagissement. We say, "A cry of joy, of pleasure, of pain," &c., according to the expression which it may convey to the hearer.
By Robley Dunglison
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The characteristic sound produced in weeping.
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Any vocal sound other than that of articulate speech or of laughing, soughing, etc., especially a sudden, shrieklike sound.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound made by an animal or child; scream; yell; —outcry; clamour; loud expression of triumph, pain, or distress; —acclamation; expression of popular favour; —an importunate call, as in entreaty or prayer; —public report or complaint; noise; bruit; proclamation; —the noise made by hounds on the scent; —the shedding of tears.
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Lamentation, shriek, scream; weeping, mourning; clamour, outcry; exclamation of triumph or wonder; proclamation; the hawkers proclamation of wares, as the cries of London; acclamation, popular favour; voice, utterance, manner of vocal expression; importunate call; yelping of dogs; yell, inarticulate noise; a pack of dogs.
By Thomas Sheridan
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