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cry

English

Etymology

The verb is from Middle English crien (13th century), from Old French crier, from Vulgar Latin *crītāre, generally thought to derive from Classical Latin quirītāre (Proto-West Germanic *krītan has also been suggested as a source). The noun corresponds to Middle English cry, crie, from Old French cri, a deverbal of crier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹaɪ/
  • Homophone: krai
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)

  1. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness
  2. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
  3. (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
  5. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
  6. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
  7. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
    1. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • bawl
  • blubber
  • sob
  • wail
  • weep
  • whimper
  • See also Thesaurus:weep
  • See also Thesaurus:shout

Antonyms

  • laugh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: krei

Translations

Noun

cry (plural cries)

  1. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
  2. A shout or scream.
  3. Words shouted or screamed.
    a battle cry
  4. A clamour or outcry.
  5. (collectively) A group of hounds.
    • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
  6. (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
  7. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
  8. A desperate or urgent request.
  9. (obsolete) Common report; gossip.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • crocodile tears

References

  • Noah Webster (1828) “cry”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: [], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: [] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe [], →OCLC.
  • “cry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cry”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • CYR, RYC, Cyr., Cyr

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French cri, from crier; compare crien.

Alternative forms

  • cri, crie, crye, kri, krie, kry

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kriː/

Noun

cry (plural cries)

  1. A shout or yell; a loud vocalisation:
    1. A call of distress or sorrow.
    2. A plea for help or justice.
  2. An announcement or report:
    1. A proclamation or directive.
    2. A call for people; a summons.
  3. (by extension) A military force; a troop.
  4. The characteristic sound of an animal.
  5. (rare) The sound of a horn or trumpet.
Descendants
  • English: cry
  • Scots: cry
  • Yola: crie, cry
References
  • “crī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

cry

  1. alternative form of crien

Middle French

Noun

cry m (plural crys)

  1. alternative form of cri

Scots

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French crier.

Verb

cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle cryin, simple past cried, past participle cried)

  1. to call, to give a name to

Yola

Noun

cry

  1. alternative form of crie

Verb

cry

  1. alternative form of crie

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 108

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