cry🔊

To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.

To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.

To shout, scream, yell.

(figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.

To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do. +

To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.

To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.

Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

A shout or scream.

Words shouted or screamed.

A clamour or outcry.

(archaic) A group of hounds.

(derogatory) A pack or company of people.

(of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.

A desperate or urgent request.

(obsolete) Common report; gossip.