weep
Meanings
Plural: weeps
Verb
- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
- To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- To lament; to complain.
- To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
- To produce secretions.
- To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- To weep over; to bewail.
Noun
- A session of crying.
- A sob.
- A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
- A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”).
Cognate with Scots wepe, weip (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”),
Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).
Synonyms
beweep, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, greet, purge, shed a tear, shed tears, squirt some, wail, weep
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
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