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crying out

crying out is the present participle and gerund 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 crying out

What is crying out the present participle and gerund of?
Crying out is the present participle and gerund of cry out.

Words near crying out in the dictionary

  1. crying like a little girl
  2. crying off
  3. crying on
  4. crying one's eyes out
  5. crying oneself to sleep
  6. crying out
  7. crying out for
  8. crying over spilt milk
  9. crying poormouth
  10. crying room
  11. crying rooms

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