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cries out

cries out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry out.

Meaning of cry out

Verb

cry out (third-person singular simple present cries out, present participle crying out, simple past and past participle cried out)

  1. To shout or speak in a loud voice, due to pain, fear or unhappiness.
    • Vſurers, you are none of theſe cryers vnto God, but thoſe that hourely vnto God are most cryde out againſt. God hath cryde out vnto you by his Preachers, GOD hath cride out vnto you by the poore ; Pryſoners on their death-beds haue cride out of you : and when they haue had but one houre to...1593, Thomas Nash, Christs Teares Over Iervsalem. Whereunto is annexed a comparatiue admonition to London., London: Thomas Thorp, published 1613, →OCLC, page 105; republished as Christ's Tears Over...
  2. To need.
    • Your book cries out to be edited.

Questions about cries out

What is cries out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cries out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry out.

Words near cries out in the dictionary

  1. cries like a little girl
  2. cries off
  3. cries on
  4. cries one's eyes out
  5. cries oneself to sleep
  6. cries out
  7. cries out for
  8. cries over spilt milk
  9. cries poormouth
  10. cries someone a river
  11. cries stinking fish

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