weeping

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Weep Source: opted

2. n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears. Source: opted

3. a. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. Source: opted

4. a. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. Source: opted

5. a. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. Source: opted

6. a. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. Source: opted

7. adj. showing sorrow Source: wordnet

8. adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward Source: wordnet

9. n. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

11. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding oftears. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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