cry
cry
kraÉĒ
krai
/kraÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cry"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāĻž, āĻ…āĻļā§āϰ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have tears coming from your eyes as a result of a strong emotion such as sadness, pain, or sorrow
Intransitive
to cry definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could n't help but cry when she received the heartbreaking news.
āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

utter a sudden loud cry
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Startled by the sudden noise, the baby began to cry loudly.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āωāϠ⧇, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāĻž, āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to speak or call out in a loud, emotional tone
Transitive: to cry sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
" We won! " they cried, celebrating the victory.
"āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ!" āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ, āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to call out the names of goods being sold in a loud voice to attract buyers
Transitive: to cry products or goods for sale
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She cried her handmade jewelry, hoping to catch the attention of tourists.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ—āϝāĻŧāύāĻž āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϜ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to produce a distinctive, loud call or sound, typical of a particular bird or animal
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The owl cried in the night, echoing through the forest.
āĻĒ⧇āρāϚāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to urgently call for action or attention
Intransitive: to cry for an action or response
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The accident on the highway cried for emergency response, and sirens were soon heard.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āϏāĻžāχāϰ⧇āύ āĻļā§‹āύāĻž āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāĻž, āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇ āĻŽāϰāĻž

to react to something extremely funny, absurd, or moving; used in the progressive form
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That meme is so good, I 'm crying.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻŽāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž

a fit of weeping
cry definition and meaning
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āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āφāĻ°ā§āϤāύāĻžāĻĻ

a shout that typically expresses a strong emotion such as pain, fear, excitement, or protest
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's cry of fear alerted the adults to the presence of a spider.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāϏāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ¸ā§āϞ⧋āĻ—āĻžāύ

a slogan used to rally support for a cause
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āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž

the characteristic utterance of an animal

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

crier
crying
crying
cry
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