cry
verb
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cried;
crying
Definition of cry
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: to utter loudly : shout
He cried "Wait!" but it was too late.
3
: to proclaim publicly : advertise
cry their wares
1
: to call loudly : shout
She cried out for help.
3
: to utter a characteristic sound or call
heard the seagulls crying
4
: to require or suggest strongly a remedy or disposition (see disposition sense 2b)
⊠there are a hundred things which cry out for planning ⊗ Roger Burlingame
cry havoc
cry over spilled milk
cry wolf
: to sound an alarm
: to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone
You made a mistake, but there's no use crying over spilled milk.
: to give alarm unnecessarily
News organizations have been warned not to cry wolf.
cry
noun
plural cries
Definition of cry (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: an instance of crying: such as
a
: an inarticulate utterance of distress, rage, or pain
4
: a loud shout
6a
: common report
b
: a general opinion
7
: the public voice raised in protest or approval
8
: a fit of weeping
9
: the characteristic sound or call of an animal
10a
: a pack of hounds
b(1)
: pursuit
—used in the phrase in full cry hounds in full cry
(2)
: a peak of activity or excitement
—used in the phrase in full cry a campaign in full cry
cry-
combining form
variants:
or cryo-
Definition of cry- (Entry 3 of 3)
: cold : freezing
cryonics cryogen
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Synonyms for cry
Synonyms: Verb
bawl, blub [chiefly British], blubber, sob, weep
Synonyms: Noun
holler, hoot, howl, shout, whoop, yell, yowl
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Examples of cry in a Sentence
Verb
The baby is crying. Is she okay? Some people cry more easily than others. He cried silently while the song played. She cried all the way home from school that day. She couldn't imagine why anyone would cry over a stupid movie. She was crying with relief. They cried tears of joy. âHelp,â he cried, âGet a doctor! Quick!â I heard someone cry âWait!â but the train pulled away anyway. She'd never heard the sound of sea gulls crying by the shore.Noun
The baby's cry woke me out of a deep sleep. There was a cry of âFireâ and we all rushed for the exits. The children were playing a game and their happy cries echoed through the house. the wild cry of a coyote
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Don't cry about the death of the two-year, $25 million deal for an aging outfielder. — Barry Svrluga, courant.com, "As MLB gets younger - fast - its salary system only looks more broken," 12 July 2019 The recent raids in Mississippi that have left families traumatized and kids crying for their parents were also addressed in Pressleyâs interview. — Breanna Edwards, Essence, "Rep. Ayanna Pressley Talks Gun Control, Immigration On Daily Show," 14 Aug. 2019 Another person couldnât even come up with words, and simply used a video of someone crying to sum up their feels. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Little Women First Trailer Stars Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, TimothĂ©e Chalamet, and More," 13 Aug. 2019 Videos showed children crying in corners or in the arms of friends, neighbors and strangers. — Richard Fausset, New York Times, "ICE Raids in Mississippi Leave Fear and Uncertainty in Their Wake," 8 Aug. 2019 The good news is that four days later, my lips were once again moisturized and no longer crying out for extra coats of balm. — Kate Foster, Glamour, "Iâm Completely Hooked on Lip Blushing," 7 Aug. 2019 Shootings in Texas and Ohio that left over 30 people dead this past weekend have left the country reeling and crying out for a solution. — Alana Abramson, Time, "Why This Weekend's Tragedies Probably Still Won't Be Enough to Push Congress to Act on Gun Control," 5 Aug. 2019 When a parent responds to a babyâs coos or cries by picking them up or playing peak-a-boo with them for example, the back-and-forth helps build the babyâs brain architecture, which is later tied to childrenâs learning, behavior, and health outcomes. — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, "Smartphones are disrupting the crucial connections between parents and their babies," 31 July 2019 Angel Zuniga Martinez, director of scouting relations and communications, has seen many girls at family nights crying in the back of the room, being consoled by their parents, because they werenât allowed to sign up. — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio girls, aiming for Eagle Scout, break the gender barrier at camp," 30 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The kind of hard cry thatâs about more than one newspaper closing. — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, "Goodbye Vindicator. You're a part of me and you mattered.," 29 Aug. 2019 Any one of half a dozen scandals that would have been the immediate cause of an impeachment inquiry intoâand, before that happened, of universal cries for the resignation ofâany previous President are still open. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Another Look at Impeachment, at the End of a Long Summer," 28 Aug. 2019 Our deputies responded to a cry for help and did exactly what they have been trained to do to protect our civilian staff, residents and community. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, "Sheriffâs deputy lied about being shot by sniper. Signs of a hoax emerged quickly," 26 Aug. 2019 The sheer horror watching that man's stone-faced complacency with the status quo to Billy's cries is one of the few in this film that isn't wracked with violence. — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, "'The Nightingale' is a disturbingly brutal meditation on revenge from 'Babadook' filmmaker," 21 Aug. 2019