English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

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Weep

imp. of Weep, for wept.

Weep (v. i.)

Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.

Weep (v. i.)

To lament; to complain.

Weep (v. i.)

To flow in drops; to run in drops.

Weep (v. i.)

To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.

Weep (v. i.)

To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.

Weep (v. t.)

To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

Weep (v. t.)

To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.

Weeper (n.)

One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

Weeper (n.)

A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.

Weeper (n.)

The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a).

Weepful (a.)

Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving.

Weeping (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Weep

Weeping (n.)

The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.

Weeping (a.)

Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.

Weeping (a.)

Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.

Weeping (a.)

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

Weeping (a.)

Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.

Weeping-ripe (a.)

Ripe for weeping; ready to weep.

Weepingly (adv.)

In a weeping manner.