cry ing
/K R AY1 IH0 NG/- 1
(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
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(transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
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(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
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(intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
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(intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
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(transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
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To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
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Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
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A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
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A shout or scream.
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Words shouted or screamed.
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A clamour or outcry.
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(collectively) A group of hounds.
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(of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
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A desperate or urgent request.
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(by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
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(obsolete) Common report; gossip.
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