cry

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cry[1,verb] cry[2,noun] battle cry cry- cry down cry off cry up far cry hue and cry rallying cry

Main Entry: ¹cry
Pronunciation: 'krI
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
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