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Meaning Of Cry
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.
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.
v. i.
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
v. t.
To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to
declare publicly.
v. t.
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying
or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
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.
v. t.
to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
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.
v. i.
Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
v. i.
Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with
tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
v. i.
Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular
acclamation or favor.
v. i.
Importunate supplication.
v. i.
Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers
of their wares.
v. i.
Common report; fame.
v. i.
A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and
repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
v. i.
A pack of hounds.
v. i.
A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
v. i.
The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back
and forth.