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The Meaning of cry
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(v. i.) To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
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(v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
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(v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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(v. t.) To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
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(v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
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(v. t.) To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
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(v. t.) to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
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(v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
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(v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
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(v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
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(v. i.) Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
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(v. i.) Importunate supplication.
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(v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
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(v. i.) Common report; fame.
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(v. i.) A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
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(v. i.) A pack of hounds.
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(v. i.) A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
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(v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
Synonyms
vociferation
,
birdcall
,
song
,
rallying cry
,
call option
,
outcry
,
phone call
,
watchword
,
battle cry
,
claim
,
margin call
,
yell
,
call
,
birdsong
,
war cry
,
telephone call
,
shout
,
parole
,
war whoop
,
countersign
,
word
,
password
,
predict
,
forebode
,
prognosticate
,
grouse
,
wawl
,
promise
,
phone
,
blazon out
,
abuse
,
shout out
,
bellyache
,
clapperclaw
,
vociferate
,
call in
,
scream
,
holler
,
gripe
,
call up
,
blackguard
,
call off
,
squawk
,
foretell
,
weep
,
exclaim
,
send for
,
address
,
visit
,
beef
,
name
,
waul
,
hollo
,
bitch
,
squall
,
bid
,
crab
,
ring
,
call out
,
cry out
,
holler out
,
telephone
,
anticipate
,
proclaim
,
outshout
,
promulgate
,
utter
,
emit
,
let out
,
let loose
Antonyms
express joy
,
laugh
,
express mirth
Homophones
crye
Rhymes
acidify
,
adl-tabatabai
,
ai
,
akai
,
alai
,
alibi
,
alkali
,
ally
,
altai
,
alumni
,
alveoli
,
amplify
,
apply
,
awry
,
aye
,
bae
,
bandai
,
barkai
,
beatify
,
beautify
,
belie
,
bely
,
bi
,
bligh
,
bly
,
blye
,
bonsai
,
botfly
,
brunei
,
brye
,
buckeye
,
bugeye
,
butterfly
,
buy
,
by
,
bye
,
bye-bye
,
cai
,
calcify
,
certify
,
chi
,
chiengmai
,
chubais
,
chugai
,
clarify
,
classify
,
codify
,
comply
,
crucify
,
crye
,
cspi
,
cy
,
dai
,
dalai
,
decertify
,
declassify
,
decry
,
defy
,
deify
,
demystify
,
deny
,
detoxify
,
die
,
dignify
,
disqualify
,
dissatisfy
,
diversify
,
dongmei
,
drip-dry
,
dry
,
drye
,
dubai
,
dui
,
dwi
,
dye
,
edify
,
electrify
,
exemplify
,
eye
,
fae
,
falsify
,
fi
,
firefly
,
fly
,
fortify
,
frei
,
fry
,
frye
,
fye
,
gadfly
,
gae
,
gemini
,
glorify
,
goldeneye
,
good-bye
,
goodby
,
goodbye
,
gratify
,
guy
,
hawkeye
,
hereby
,
heye
,
hi
,
hi-fi
,
high
,
horrify
,
hy
,
i
,
identify
,
imply
,
indemnify
,
intensify
,
isty
,
iwai
,
jai
,
july
,
justify
,
kanai
,
kansai
,
kauai
,
kokusai
,
kwai
,
lahaie
,
lai
,
lanai
,
lehigh
,
lie
,
liquefy
,
lorelei
,
lullaby
,
ly
,
lye
,
magnify
,
magpie
,
mai
,
mcfly
,
mei
,
mihai
,
misapply
,
misidentify
,
mistry
,
modify
,
mollify
,
molokai
,
mordecai
,
mortify
,
multiply
,
mummify
,
my
,
mystify
,
nearby
,
necktie
,
ngai
,
nicolae
,
nigh
,
nikolai
,
notify
,
nuclei
,
nullify
,
nye
,
occupy
,
ossify
,
outcry
,
overbuy
,
overfly
,
oversimplify
,
oversupply
,
pacify
,
personify
,
petrify
,
phi
,
phy
,
pi
,
pie
,
pigsty
,
ply
,
potpie
,
preoccupy
,
pri
,
private-eye
,
pry
,
psi
,
pty
,
purify
,
pye
,
qualify
,
quantify
,
rabbi
,
ramify
,
ratify
,
reclassify
,
rectify
,
rely
,
reply
,
requalify
,
retry
,
reunify
,
rye
,
sai
,
samurai
,
satisfy
,
semidry
,
shai
,
shanghai
,
shoofly
,
shy
,
sigh
,
signify
,
simplify
,
sinai
,
sky
,
sligh
,
sly
,
slye
,
solidify
,
specify
,
speechify
,
spry
,
spy
,
standby
,
stimuli
,
stratify
,
stultify
,
sty
,
sundai
,
supply
,
sy
,
tai
,
terrify
,
testify
,
thai
,
thereby
,
thigh
,
thy
,
tie
,
tokai
,
try
,
tsai
,
ty
,
tye
,
typify
,
unclassify
,
underlie
,
underly
,
unify
,
untie
,
uruguay
,
verify
,
versailles
,
vi
,
vie
,
vilify
,
vy
,
wai
,
whereby
,
why
,
wry
,
wrye
,
wye
,
xuemei
,
y
,
zhuhai