What's the difference between cry and meow?

Cry


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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (2) Are you ready to vote?” is the battle cry, and even the most superficial of glances at the statistics tells why.
  • (3) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
  • (4) When we gave her a gift of a few books in English, she burst out crying.
  • (5) Postoperatively, an independent observer assessed conscious level, crying, posture and facial expression using a simple numerical scoring system, and also recorded heart and respiratory rates over a 2-h period.
  • (6) Antibodies with the CRI can be isolated by isoelectric focusing from selected mice that have produced a high concentration of the CRI.
  • (7) My mother told me not to cry.” He has since witnessed the transformation of Hagere Selam.
  • (8) Three infants reached pulse pressure values less than 1% of control when cries were sustained for nine cardiac cycles.
  • (9) One is to shoot them in the head and cry about the bloody aftermath.
  • (10) When the CTL nonresponder adult mice received CRI producer B lymphocytes, the nonresponder phenotype was not changed into the responder phenotype.
  • (11) At one point, shortly after Suárez had given them a 3-0 lead, a loud cry had gone up from the Liverpool end of "We're going to win the league".
  • (12) He made me laugh and cry, and his courage in writing about what he was going through was sometimes quite overwhelming.
  • (13) Insecure infant attachment at 16 months was associated with maternal perception of overcontrol, depressed mood state, and aversive conditioning to the impending cry in the laboratory task at the 5-month period.
  • (14) A week after the New York Film Critics Circle gave the movie its top award, a liberal political commentator wrote: "I'm betting that Dick Cheney will love [the film, which is] a far, far cry from the rousing piece of pro-Obama propaganda that some conservatives feared it would be."
  • (15) He'd thought: I can't ring, 'cos Harry's probably crying, and I can't quite deal with him crying on the phone."
  • (16) Studies of the stability of P1 plasmid in a P1 cry Escherichia coli lysogen have suggested a model for equipartition of plasmid copies.
  • (17) Kester said her daughter came and cried in her lap.
  • (18) With the Tories enjoying a persistent lead in the polls, the prime minister launched Labour's "Blair-plus" manifesto with a rallying cry to the party.
  • (19) Photograph: Peter Beaumont for the Guardian For his part the leader of Hadash, the veteran socialist party in Israel that emphasises Arab-Jewish cooperation, Odeh has now attracted a political star status most obvious on the stump in Lod on Wednesday in the repeated cries of “Ayman!” by shopkeepers and passersby keen to shake his hand or be photographed with him.
  • (20) Once I’d checked she was OK I said, ‘Stop crying now.’ ” So it’s about managing emotions: ‘I’m going to need you to get a grip.’” “If you’ve got interesting points to make about the devaluing of serious words like bullying and depression, why make them in a way that sounds like you’re ridiculing people who are suffering?” I ask.

Meow


Definition:

  • (v. i. & n.) See 6th and 7th Mew.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The survey found that, among clubbers who reported having taken ecstasy within the past month, three quarters had also taken mephedrone – known in the media as "meow meow" – within the same period.
  • (2) #p0rn What is genuinely concerning is that Meow has an option to hide a person's age, which could be very problematic in the wrong hands.
  • (3) It may be hard to tell in the latest show from the outrageously talented Meow Meow, a woman whose divinely sung and cleverly structured shows often give the impression of organised chaos.
  • (4) The idea of connecting with people all over the world is a nice one, and in this Meow has the potential to be the pen pal scheme for the internet generation.
  • (5) It's called Meow , and it's the chat app which is currently the most popular free app in the UK iTunes store.
  • (6) One article is headlined "The miserable meowing of Pussy Riot" .
  • (7) Returning from a meal with two friends whom I share a houseboat with on the Thames; a meowing above our heads alerted us to her.
  • (8) They took mephedrone – also known as M-Cat and Meow Meow – along with alcohol and methadone, the heroin substitute, while clubbing.
  • (9) We shall overcomb.” “Cats for Trump, the time is Meow.” “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.” Inside, every seat had been taken and the floor filled quickly with a standing room only crowd.
  • (10) Its website also featured a pro-Kremlin article, later deleted, attacking the "meowing" of the punk band Pussy Riot.
  • (11) Mephedrone , the former legal high known as "meow meow", is as popular as cocaine among teenagers and young adults despite being banned last year, according to official figures.
  • (12) When we visited her with the company president the day before she died, she stood up and meowed as if she was begging him to hold her,” Yamaki said.
  • (13) The pride celebration is a platform for that dialogue to happen,” San Francisco Pride board president Michelle Meow said.
  • (14) Photograph: Hannah Jane Parkinson I suspect that clicking "I understand" is not, as you would assume, an acknowledgement of understanding, but an actionable OK for Meow to spam your notifications list.
  • (15) The frustrating thing about Meow is that it could be a really strong app.
  • (16) By 2010, the drug, now dubbed meow meow by journalists, had become the fourth most popular drug on the market, after marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy.
  • (17) "We were all sleeping when the storm hit, but our cat started meowing so loudly that we all woke up," said Quinn Capacio, 22, as he traipsed through the streets with bottles of water and an umbrella.
  • (18) The deaths of two young men in Scunthorpe last Monday that have been linked to the new "legal high" mephedrone (colloquially known as plant food, meow meow, m-cat, or bubbles) has raised a great deal of public concern and loud calls for it to be made illegal.
  • (19) Mephedrone (also known as M-cat and meow meow), once considered as a drug with a positive low-risk profile, now tops the negative rankings for after-effects and unwanted effects on mental health.
  • (20) Meow shares its DNA with Chatroulette , Whisper and (RIP little guy) MSN messenger .