weep

[ weep ]

/ wip /

verb (used without object), wept, weep·ing.

to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.

to let fall drops of water or other liquid; drip; leak: The old water tank was weeping at the seams.

to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore.

verb (used with object), wept, weep·ing.

to weep for (someone or something); mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow: He wept his dead brother.

to shed (tears); pour forth in weeping: to weep tears of gratitude.

to let fall or give forth in drops: trees weeping an odorous gum.

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

weeping, or a fit of weeping.

the exudation of water or liquid.

Words nearby weep

weems, ween, weenie, weeny, weeny-bopper, weep, weep buckets, weep hole, weeper, weepers, weepie

Origin of weep

before 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan to wail; cognate with Gothic wōpjan to call, Old Norse æpa to cry out

SYNONYMS FOR weep

1 sob; wail, lament.

4 bewail, bemoan, lament.

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ANTONYMS FOR weep

1 laugh, rejoice.

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Definition for weep (2 of 2)

weep²

[ weep ]

/ wip /

noun British Dialect.

the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, of Europe.

Origin of weep

imitative

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Examples from the Web for weep

She did not weep on cue in public when Monteith died, or seek sympathy.
Why Does Everyone Hate Lea Michele?|Tim Teeman|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“For all the victims of the mindless wars, in every age, humanity needs to weep,” he said.
Pope Francis vs. The Warmongers|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
World leaders, and we, should look on them, be sickened, weep, and maybe finally learn.
To Truly Shame Putin, Show Us the Bodies of MH17|Tim Teeman|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It is so expensive it makes me weep,” says Baum, the British oncologist.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

That the capable, silvery Kathleen Sebelius is the face of Obamacare makes me want to weep.
What’s Behind the Obamacare Cock-Up|Tina Brown|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After a few minutes' conversation, Ben broke down completely, and sat against a sand-bank to weep.
Roden's Corner|Henry Seton Merriman
They had good places in a front box, and there was luckily a pillar behind which mamma could weep in comfort.
The Virginians|William Makepeace Thackeray
Much and bitterly did she weep over her cursed existence, and earnestly prayed that she might be liberated from her tormentor.
Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II|Alexander Huth
They labor for subsistence; they sleep for refreshment; they laugh with the merry, and weep with the afflicted.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 3, number 18|Various
We must be patient; but I cannot choose but weep, to think they should lay him i' the cold ground.
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I.|H. N. Hudson

British Dictionary definitions for weep

weep

/ (wiːp) /

verb weeps, weeping or wept

to shed (tears) as an expression of grief or unhappiness

(tr foll by out) to utter, shedding tears

(when intr, foll by for) to mourn or lament (for something)

to exude (drops of liquid)

(intr) (of a wound, etc) to exude a watery or serous fluid

noun

a spell of weeping

Word Origin for weep

Old English wēpan; related to Gothic wōpjan, Old High German wuofan, Old Slavonic vabiti to call

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weep

verb (used without object), wept, weep·ing.

verb (used with object), wept, weep·ing.

noun

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Origin of weep

SYNONYMS FOR weep

ANTONYMS FOR weep

Definition for weep (2 of 2)

noun British Dialect.

Origin of weep

Examples from the Web for weep

British Dictionary definitions for weep

verb weeps, weeping or wept

noun

Word Origin for weep