intransitive verb. To shed tears, especially as a result of strong emotion such as grief, sorrow, pain, or joy.

intransitive verb. To call loudly; shout.

intransitive verb. To utter a characteristic sound or call. Used of an animal.

intransitive verb. To demand or require immediate action or remedy.

intransitive verb. To utter loudly; call out.

intransitive verb. To proclaim or announce in public.

intransitive verb. To bring into a particular condition by weeping.

intransitive verb. To beg for; implore.

noun. A loud utterance of an emotion, such as fear, anger, or despair.

noun. A loud exclamation; a shout or call.

noun. A fit of weeping.

noun. An urgent entreaty or appeal.

noun. A public or general demand or complaint.

noun. A common view or general report.

noun. An advertising of wares by calling out.

noun. A rallying call or signal.

noun. A slogan, especially a political one.

noun. The characteristic call or utterance of an animal.

noun. undefined

noun. The baying of hounds during the chase.

noun. A pack of hounds.

noun. Clamor; outcry.

noun. A public announcement; a proclamation.

phrasal verb. To belittle or disparage.

phrasal verb. To break or withdraw from a promise, agreement, or undertaking.

phrasal verb. To praise highly; extol.

idiom. (cry havoc) To sound an alarm; warn.

idiom. (eyes/heart) To weep inconsolably for a long time.

idiom. (cry on (someone's) shoulder) To tell one's problems to someone else in an attempt to gain sympathy or consolation.

idiom. (cry over spilled milk) To regret in vain what cannot be undone or rectified.

idiom. (cry wolf) To raise a false alarm.

idiom. (for crying out loud) Used to express annoyance or astonishment.

idiom. (in full cry) In hot pursuit, as hounds hunting.

noun. Any loud or passionate utterance; clamor; outcry; a vehement expression of feeling or desire, articulate or inarticulate: as, a cry of joy, triumph, surprise, pain, supplication, etc.

noun. A loud inarticulate sound uttered by man or beast, as in pain or anger, or to attract attention.

noun. Loud lamentation or wailing; hence, the act of weeping; a fit of weeping.

noun. Public notice or advertisement by outcry, as hawkers give of their wares; proclamation, as by a town crier.

noun. Public or general accusation; evil report or fame.

noun. A pack of dogs.

noun. Hence In contempt, a pack or company of persons.

noun. A word or phrase used in battle, as a shout to encourage or rally soldiers; a battle-cry or war-cry.

noun. A party catchword; an object for the attainment of which insistence and iteration are employed for partizan purposes; some topic, event, etc., which is used, or the importance of which is magnified, in a partizan manner.

noun. The peculiar crackling noise made by metallic tin when bent.

To speak earnestly or with a loud voice; call loudly; exclaim or proclaim with vehemence, as in an earnest appeal or prayer, in giving public notice, or to attract attention: with to or unto, formerly sometimes on or upon, before the person addressed.

Specifically, to call for or require redress or remedy; appeal; make a demand.

To utter a loud, sharp, or vehement inarticulate sound, as a dog or other animal.

To call out or exclaim inarticulately; make an inarticulate outcry, as a person under excitement of any kind; especially, to utter a loud sound of lamentation or suffering, such as is usually accompanied by tears.

Hence To weep; shed tears, whether with or without sound.

To bid at an auction.

To revert to an ancestral type. See extract.

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