From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cry \Cry\ (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to
raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to
complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a
brawl, {Querulous}.]
1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently
or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to
pray; to implore.
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And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud
voice. -- Matt.
xxvii. 46.
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Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
--Shak.
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Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto
thee. -- Ps. xxviii.
2.
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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3.
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Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan.
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2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain,
grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears;
to bawl, as a child.
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Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14.
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I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's
apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak.
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3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii.
9.
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In a cowslip's bell I lie
There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak.
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{To cry on} or {To cry upon}, to call upon the name of; to
beseech. "No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." --Shak.
{To cry out}.
(a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.
(b) To complain loudly; to lament.
{To cry out against}, to complain loudly of; to censure; to
blame.
{To cry out on} or {To cry out upon}, to denounce; to
censure. "Cries out upon abuses." --Shak.
{To cry to}, to call on in prayer; to implore.
{To cry you mercy}, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy,
madam; was it you?" --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crying \Cry"ing\, a.
Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous;
as, a crying evil.
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Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
crying sin of our modern Christianity. --I. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crying
adj 1: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn:
{clamant}, {crying}, {exigent}, {insistent}, {instant}]
2: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross
injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: {crying(a)}, {egregious},
{flagrant}, {glaring}, {gross}, {rank}]
n 1: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs
or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying
of a child"; "she was in tears" [syn: {crying}, {weeping},
{tears}]
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