Plural of cry
regular plural
The plural of cry is cries.
Forms of cry
| Singular | cry /kɹaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | cries /kɹaɪ̯z/ |
| Countable | countable |
Cries in a sentence
- Loren Passerine, the finest auctioneer in the West, will be crying today.” “Will be what?” “We say an auctioneer ‘cries’ a sale,” Cohen said.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 6, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 137
- “Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around.From the entry plunder
- We heard the drowning woman's cries for help and ran to assist.From the entry cry for help
- The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.From the entry shrill
- The crowd paid no attention to her cries for help.From the entry cries
Meaning of cry
- verb To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- verb To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- verb To shout, scream, yell.
Questions about the plural of cry
- What is the plural of cry?
- The plural of cry is cries.
- Is cry countable?
- Cry is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cry (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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