Cry

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1 Intransitive Verb 2 Noun 3 Collective Noun 3.1 translations 3.2 Related terms 3.3 See also 4 Transitive verb

Intransitive Verb

to cry

1. To shed tears ; to weep
2. To shout, scream.

Noun

cry

1. (countable) a shedding of tears

   After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.

2. a shout or scream

   I heard a cry from afar.

3. the words shouted or screamed

   a battle cry

Collective Noun

a cry

1. a group of hounds

translations

• Catalan: plorar, cridar
• Cebuano: hilak
• Chinese: 哭 (kū)
• Dutch: huilen , wenen , schreien
• French: pleurer
• Frisian: gûle , skrieme
• German: weinen (1), schreien (2)
• Ido: plorar (1), kriar (2)
• Ilocano: agsangit
• Irish: goil (1)
• Indonesian: tangis
• Japanese: 泣く (なく, naku)
• Romanian: plânge
• Spanish: llorar
• Surigaonon: tuwaw
• Tagalog: umiyak
• Tausug: tumangis
• Turkish: ağlamak

Related terms

• crybaby
• no use crying over spilled milk

See also

• crocodile tears

Transitive verb

to cry

1. To shout, scream.