weep

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   To lament; to complain.

   • They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
3. 3

   To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.; To produce secretions.

4. 4

   To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.; To flow in drops; to run in drops.

   • a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
5. 5

   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.
6. 6

   To weep over; to bewail.obsoletetransitive

   • Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite 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.

syn. beweep · burst into tears · cry · cry one's eyes out · greet · shed a tear · shed tears · squirt some · wail · weep

ant. laugh

1. 1

   A session of crying.

   • Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.
2. 2

   A sob.

   • He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup[.]
3. 3

   A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".

1. 1

   A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).