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cry

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Main Entry: 1cry
Pronunciation: \ˈkrī\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): cried; cry·ing
Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo-French crier, from Latin quiritare to make a public outcry, perhaps from Quirit-, Quiris, Roman citizen
Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 : to utter loudly : shout
2 archaic : beg, beseech
3 : to proclaim publicly : advertise <cry their wares>intransitive verb 1 : to call loudly : shout
2 : to shed tears often noisily : weep, sob
3 : to utter a characteristic sound or call
4 : to require or suggest strongly a remedy or disposition <a hundred things which cry out for planning — Roger Burlingame>

cry havoc : to sound an alarm

cry over spilled milk : to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone

cry wolf : to give alarm unnecessarily


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