weep
/ˈwiːp/
weep verb: to cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
Verb
weep (third-person singular simple present weeps, present participle weeping, simple past and past participle wept or (poetic, otherwise nonstandard) weeped)
- To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- They wept together in silence.1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part I
- To lament; to complain.
- They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 11:13
- To produce secretions.
- To flow in drops; to run in drops.
- a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
- The blood weeps from my heart.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
- To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
- The willows weep and the moonbeams sleep / On the mariner's silent grave.1893, Edward William Cole, The best song book in the world, page 314
- To weep over; to bewail.
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Of having lost her favorite dove.1717, Matthew Prior, The Dove - […] Which weep a loss for ever new,
A void where heart on heart reposed;
And, where warm hands have prest and closed,
Silence, till I be silent too.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 20
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster
Noun (1)
weep (plural weeps)
- A session of crying.
- Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.
- A sob.
- He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup[.]1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page v. 62
- A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
- Synonyms:
- purge
Noun (2)
weep (plural weeps)
- A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
weep meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
weep in Hindi
- to cry, shed tears
- रोना ronā
weep in Tamil
- to cry, shed tears
- அழு aḻu
weep in Urdu
- to cry, shed tears
- رونا ronā
weep in Bengali
- to cry, shed tears
- কাঁদা kãda, কান্দা kanda, ক্রন্দন করা krondon kora
More languagesFewer languages
- weep in Telugu
- ఏడ్చు ēḍcu
- weep in Malayalam
- കരയുക karayuka
- weep in Kannada
- ಅಳು aḷu
- weep in Sanskrit
- रोदिति roditi
- weep in Sinhala
- අඬනවා aⁿḍanawā
- weep in Tagalog
- lumuha, umiyak, humagulgol, humagulhol
- weep in Arabic
- بَكَى bakā, يَبْكِي yabkī
- weep in Malay
- tangis, menangis
- weep in Indonesian
- tangis, menangis
- weep in Persian
- گریستن geristan, گریه کردن gerye kardan
- weep in Thai
- ร้องไห้ rɔ́ɔng-hâai, ร่ำไห้ râm-hâi
- weep in Vietnamese
- khóc
- weep in Myanmar
- ငို ngui
Examples of weep in a sentence
- She appeared to weep uncontrollably, but it was all pretense.
- I've got a full house. Read 'em and weep, boys.
- I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
Synonyms of weep
- purge
- beweep
- burst into tears
- cry
- cry one's eyes out
- greet
- shed a tear
- shed tears
- squirt some
- wail
Antonyms
Forms of weep
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | weeps |
| present participle | weeping |
| past participle | wept |
| past | wept |
| past participle poetic (nonstandard) | weeped |
| past poetic (nonstandard) | weeped |
| Noun | |
| plural | weeps |
Origin of weep
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”). Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).
Imitative of its cry.
Words formed from weep
Phrases with weep
Words that rhyme with weep
Questions about weep
- What does weep mean?
- Weep means to cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
- What is weep in Hindi?
- Weep in Hindi is रोना (ronā). See Weep meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is weep?
- Weep can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce weep?
- Weep is pronounced /ˈwiːp/.
- What is the past tense of weep?
- The past tense of weep is wept.
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