weeping
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pɪŋ adjective
1.
expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears: weeping multitudes.
2.
tearful; weepy: a weeping fit.
3.
tending or liable to cry; given to crying.
4.
dripping or oozing liquid.
5.
(of trees, shrubs, etc.) having slender, drooping branches.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
2.
to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak: The old water tank was weeping at the seams.
3.
to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore.
verb (used with object)
4.
to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow: He wept his dead brother.
5.
to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping: to weep tears of gratitude.
6.
to let fall or give forth in drops: trees weeping an odorous gum.
7.
to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually followed by away, out, etc.): to weep one's eyes out; to weep oneself to sleep.
noun
8.
weeping, or a fit of weeping.
9.
the exudation of water or liquid.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan to wail; cognate with Gothic wōpjan to call, Old Norse æpa to cry out
before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan to wail; cognate with Gothic wōpjan to call, Old Norse æpa to cry out
Synonyms
1. sob; wail, lament. 4. bewail, bemoan, lament.
1. sob; wail, lament. 4. bewail, bemoan, lament.
Antonyms
1. laugh, rejoice.
1. laugh, rejoice.
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weep (wiːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by out) (when intr, | |
| 1. | to shed (tears) as an expression of grief or unhappiness |
| 2. | to utter, shedding tears |
| 3. | to mourn or lament (for something) |
| 4. | to exude (drops of liquid) |
| 5. | (intr) (of a wound, etc) to exude a watery or serous fluid |
| —n | |
| 6. | a spell of weeping |
| [Old English wēpan; related to Gothic wōpjan, Old High German wuofan, Old Slavonic vabiti to call] | |
| weeping (ˈwiːpɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| (of plants) having slender hanging branches | |
| 'weepingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
weep
O.E. wepan "shed tears, cry" (class VII strong verb; past tense weop, pp. wopen), from P.Gmc. *wopijanan (cf. O.N. op, O.H.G. wuof "shout, shouting, crying," O.S. wopian, Goth. wopjan "to shout, cry out, weep"). No certain cognates outside Gmc. Weepy first attested 1825. Weeping willow (cf. Fr. saule
pleureur, Ger. trauerweide) is recorded from 1731. The tree is native to Asia; the first brought to England were imported 1748, from the Euphrates. Replaced cypress as a funerary emblem.
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Example sentences
Her skin was thick and pitted with old acne scars and her eyes and lips were swollen, red as if from weeping or a bad cold.
But there's no missing the disease in its advanced stages, when faces are ravaged by huge, weeping tumors.
He finds himself weeping uncontrollably and even after the normal mourning period he remains uninterested in making new friends.
On cue, an argument begins about the removal of a body, accompanied by wailing and weeping.
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