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Cry   /kraɪ/   Listen
Cry

verb
(past & past part. cried; pres. part. crying)
1.
Utter a sudden loud cry.  Synonyms: call, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell.  "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
2.
Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.  Synonym: weep.  "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"
3.
Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy.  Synonyms: call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout.  "'Help!' she cried" , "'I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
4.
Proclaim or announce in public.  Synonym: blazon out.  "He cried his merchandise in the market square"
5.
Demand immediate action.
6.
Utter a characteristic sound.
7.
Bring into a particular state by crying.
noun
(pl. cries)
1.
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.  Synonyms: call, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell.
2.
A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate).  Synonym: yell.  "A yell of pain"
3.
A slogan used to rally support for a cause.  Synonyms: battle cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchword.  "Our watchword will be 'democracy'"
4.
A fit of weeping.
5.
The characteristic utterance of an animal.



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"Cry" Quotes from Famous Books



... the 24th of July, being then but little more than a hundred miles to the westward of the Straits of Gibraltar, a loud cry was heard from the forecastle, of "Sail, ho! ...
— Jack in the Forecastle • John Sherburne Sleeper

... dawn there came a cry from the platform of the Shark, and Hans was discovered waving his cap excitedly in ...
— Boy Scouts in a Submarine • G. Harvey Ralphson

... hastily upon the deck, and joining the clamour of those above: I instantly started up, imagining that a gust had forced the ship from her anchor, and that she was driving out of the bay, but when I came upon the deck, I heard the people cry out, The Dolphin! the Dolphin! in a transport of surprise and joy which appeared to be little short of distraction: A few minutes, however, convinced us, that what had been taken for a sail was nothing more than the water which ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12 • Robert Kerr

... the fugitive, taking care not to hit him, however. Tom Burns heard the bullet whistling by his head, and with a cry of terror increased his speed till he reached a place where he felt secure. Then, sinking down on the ground, he uttered ...
— The Young Bank Messenger • Horatio Alger

... bitterness was there, against those two who had used their power unworthily. That night, lying on a hard little cot in camp Cameron tried to pray, his heart full of longing for God, yet found the heavens as brass, and could not find words to cry out, except in bitterness. Somehow he did not feel he was getting on at all in his search, and from sheer weariness and discouragement ...
— The Search • Grace Livingston Hill


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