cry

1. v. i. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. Source: opted

2. v. i. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. Source: opted

3. v. i. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals. Source: opted

4. v. t. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. Source: opted

5. v. t. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep. Source: opted

6. v. t. 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. Source: opted

7. v. t. to publish the banns of, as for marriage. Source: opted

8. v. i. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves. Source: opted

9. v. i. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand. Source: opted

10. v. i. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation. Source: opted

11. v. i. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. Source: opted

12. v. i. Importunate supplication. Source: opted

13. v. i. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. Source: opted

14. v. i. Common report; fame. Source: opted

15. v. i. A word or word/phrase">phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories. Source: opted

16. v. i. A pack of hounds. Source: opted

17. v. i. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt. Source: opted

18. v. i. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth. Source: opted

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