weep

1. n. The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry. Source: opted

2. imp. of Weep, for wept. Source: opted

3. v. i. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry. Source: opted

4. v. i. To lament; to complain. Source: opted

5. v. i. To flow in drops; to run in drops. Source: opted

6. v. i. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked. Source: opted

7. v. i. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches. Source: opted

8. v. t. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. Source: opted

9. v. t. To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. Source: opted

10. v. shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain Source: wordnet

11. The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry. imp. of Weep, for wept. Chaucer. 1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck. Acts xx. 37. Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. Mitford. And eyes that wake to weep. Mrs. Hemans. And they wept together in silence. Longfellow. 2. To lament; to complain. "They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat." Num. xi. 13. 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. The blood weeps from my heart. Shak. 4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked. 5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches. 1. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan. "I weep bitterly the dead." A. S. Hardy. We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe. Pope. 2. To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy. Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton. Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. Milton. Source: webster

12. n:6/v:94 v shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain Source: ecdict

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