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Definition of 'weep'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wepen, from (etyl) .
Verb
To cry; shed tears.
* Longfellow
- They wept together in silence.
To lament; to complain.
* Bible, Numbers xi. 13
- They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
(medicine|of a|wound or sore) To produce secretions.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
* Shakespeare
- The blood weeps from my heart.
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
(obsolete) To weep over; to bewail.
* Prior
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster / Of having lost her favorite dove.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2
Imitative of its cry.
Noun
( en-noun)
The lapwing; the wipe.
Similar to 'weep'whip, whop, whoop, wop, wap, whap, whup, whaup, whaap, wep, wapp
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