Cry (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object), cried, cry·ing.
  1. to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
  2. to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
  3. to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out).
  4. to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.
  5. to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
  6. (of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
  7. (of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.
verb (used with object), cried, cry·ing.
  1. to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
  2. to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.
  3. to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.
  4. to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.
noun, plural cries.
  1. the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
  2. clamor; outcry.
  3. a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.
  4. the utterance or call of an animal.
  5. a political or party slogan.
  6. battle cry.
  7. an oral proclamation or announcement.
  8. a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
  9. public report.
  10. an opinion generally expressed.
  11. an entreaty; appeal.
  12. Fox Hunting.
    • a pack of hounds.
    • a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.
Verb Phrases
  1. to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.
  2. to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.
  3. to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.
Idioms
  1. a far cry,
    • quite some distance; a long way.
    • only remotely related; very different: This treatment is a far cry from that which we received before.
  2. havoc (def. 4).
  3. to cry excessively or inconsolably: The little girl cried her eyes out when her cat died.
  4. milk (def. 12).
  5. in hot pursuit: The pack followed in full cry.
verb cries, crying or cried
  1. to utter inarticulate sounds, esp when weeping; sob
  2. to shed tears; weep
  3. to scream or shout in pain, terror, etc
  4. to utter or shout (words of appeal, exclamation, fear, etc)
  5. (of animals, birds, etc) to utter loud characteristic sounds
  6. to hawk or sell by public announcement
  7. to announce (something) publicly or in the streets
  8. to clamour or beg
  9. to call
  10. to desire the unattainable
  11. to weep bitterly
  12. to give up a task, fight, etc
noun plural cries
  1. the act or sound of crying; a shout, exclamation, scream, or wail
  2. the characteristic utterance of an animal or bird
  3. a call
  4. an oral announcement, esp one made by town criers
  5. a fit of weeping
  6. the baying of a pack of hounds hunting their quarry by scent
  7. a pack of hounds
  8. a far cry
    • a long way
    • something very different
  9. (esp of a pack of hounds) in hot pursuit of a quarry
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