weep
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow.
He wept his dead brother.
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to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping.
to weep tears of gratitude.
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to let fall or give forth in drops.
trees weeping an odorous gum.
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to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually followed by away, out, etc.).
to weep one's eyes out;
to weep oneself to sleep.
noun
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weeping, or a fit of weeping.
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the exudation of water or liquid.
noun
verb
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to shed (tears) as an expression of grief or unhappiness
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to utter, shedding tears
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to mourn or lament (for something)
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to exude (drops of liquid)
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(intr) (of a wound, etc) to exude a watery or serous fluid
noun
Etymology
Origin of weep1
First recorded before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan “to wail”; cognate with Gothic wōpjan “to call,” Old Norse æpa “to cry out”
Origin of weep2
Imitative
Example Sentences
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One alternate juror wept openly during the testimony in Los Angeles County Superior Court, wiping her tears on her sweater.
From Los Angeles Times
Maggie was troubled, “I … twice dreamt that you were very, very ill; and I waked each time weeping bitterly.”
From Literature
“In fact, for someone like Michaela to be weeping openly at a funeral was incredibly taboo,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
She struggled with it, she confronted it, and finally, on a clear day in the Alps, she conquered it again, weeping at the finish line.
Of course some of us wept and raged when he once again had to flee some bigger monkey that he had clearly annoyed, but while Punch was certainly cowed, he was never broken.
From Los Angeles Times
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