Thesaurus: weeping

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Weep
2. n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
3. a. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
4. a. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
5. a. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
6. a. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
7. adj. showing sorrow
8. adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
9. n. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
10. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears. 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes." I. Watts. 2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds." Mortimer. 3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence. -- Weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually issues. -- Weeping sinew, a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. [Colloq.] -- Weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly. -- Weeping willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix Babylonica) whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.
11. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding oftears.
12. j:45/n:55 n the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) v shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain s showing sorrow s having branches or flower heads that bend downward