cries
/kɹaɪ̯z/
cries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry.
cries is the plural of cry.
Meaning of cry
Verb
cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)
- To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- That sad movie always makes me cry.
- To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I'll speak.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To shout, scream, yell.
- And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 27:46
- To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- My secrets cry aloud.
I have no need for tongue.1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC...
- My secrets cry aloud.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- the young ravens which cry1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 147:9
- Synonyms:
- call
- To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- Tonight I’ll cry myself to sleep.
Phrases with cries
- cries on
- cries up
- cries aim
- cries off
- cries out
- far cries
- tin cries
- war cries
- cries beef
- cries down
- cries foul
- cries wolf
37 more phrasesFewer phrases
- ugly cries
- catch cries
- cries havoc
- cries uncle
- party cries
- rally cries
- battle cries
- cries craven
- cries halves
- cries it out
- cuckoo cries
- parrot cries
- cries buckets
- cries out for
- hue and cries
- cries cupboard
- cries for help
- hues and cries
- rallying cries
- cries poormouth
- cries the blues
- cries blue murder
- cries like a baby
- cries in one's beer
- cries stinking fish
- cries one's eyes out
- cries over spilt milk
- cries someone a river
- cries from the rooftop
- cries oneself to sleep
- cries from the housetop
- cries from the rooftops
- cries in the wilderness
- cries from the housetops
- cries like a little girl
- cries carrots and turnips
- cries all the way to the bank
Words that rhyme with cries
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
- i's
Questions about cries
- What is cries the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Cries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry.
- How do you pronounce cries?
- Cries is pronounced /kɹaɪ̯z/.
Words near cries in the dictionary
Source and license
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