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give cry

give cry verb: to cry out.

Verb

give cry (third-person singular simple present gives cry, present participle giving cry, simple past gave cry, past participle given cry)

  1. To cry out.
    • The journalists gave cry after the Prince, like a pack of hounds when they strike the trail of a fox.1891 July 25, The Review of Reviews
    • It is, in my belief, an artificial, man-made development in hounds, since it exists only in rudimentary form in other dogs, foxes, and wolves, which are said sometimes to give cry when hunting their game.1937, Joseph Brown Thomas, Hounds and hunting through the ages

Forms of give cry

third-person singular presentgives cry
present participlegiving cry
pastgave cry
past participlegiven cry

Questions about give cry

What does give cry mean?
Give cry means to cry out.
What part of speech is give cry?
Give cry is a verb.
What is the past tense of give cry?
The past tense of give cry is gave cry.

Words near give cry in the dictionary

  1. give by
  2. give chance to
  3. give chase
  4. give credit
  5. give credit where credit is due
  6. give cry
  7. give curry
  8. give dap
  9. give dome
  10. give ear
  11. give face

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