Definition:
- (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.
Compare cry with other words:
cry vs. weet
cry vs. lough
cray vs. cry
cry vs. gry
cay vs. cry
coy vs. cry
cry vs. pry
cry vs. wry
cry vs. fry
cry vs. dry
cry vs. yelp
cry vs. song
cry vs. keen
cry vs. decry
cry vs. quiritation
cry vs. lachrymate
cry vs. troat
cry vs. roop
boohoo vs. cry
cry vs. sweep
cry vs. mourn
cry vs. mourne
cry vs. tantrum
cries vs. cry
cry vs. cryptic
cry vs. lament
bewail vs. cry
cry vs. exclaim
cry vs. grieve
cry vs. shriek
cry vs. eat
cry vs. tear
cry vs. sorrow
cry vs. wipe
blub vs. cry
cry vs. skrike
cry vs. waul
clepe vs. cry
cry vs. scry
cry vs. hallow
cry vs. steven
bavarian vs. cry
cry vs. wept
chivy vs. cry
cry vs. hosanna
cry vs. lamentation
cry vs. teary
cry vs. moan
cry vs. loon
cry vs. screech
blore vs. cry
caterwaul vs. cry
cry vs. holler
cry vs. crying
bawl vs. cry
cry vs. whinge
cry vs. yawp
bugle vs. cry
cry vs. ululation
cry vs. whimper
cry vs. watchword
cry vs. outcry
cry vs. sob
crunk vs. cry
cry vs. wail
cry vs. howl
cry vs. hoot
cry vs. greet
cry vs. hue
cheer vs. cry
cry vs. whine
cry vs. fussy
cry vs. roar
cry vs. neigh
croak vs. cry
cry vs. meow
cry vs. fuss
bray vs. cry
bleat vs. cry
baa vs. cry
cry vs. gale
cry vs. slogan
call vs. cry
bubble vs. cry
cry vs. desperate
cry vs. urgent
cry vs. sound
cry vs. crybaby
cry vs. yell
cry vs. scream
cry vs. shout
cry vs. weep
cry vs. laugh
cry vs. trumpet
cry vs. mewl