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" Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope."
Bernard Berenson

Meaning of "cry" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRY

From Old French crier, from Latin quirītāre to call for help.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CRY

kraɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cry is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cry in English.

WHAT DOES CRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crying

Crying is the shedding of tears in response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". A related medical term is lacrimation, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of tears. A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion has been established. Some scientists believe that only humans produce tears in response to emotional states, while others disagree. Charles Darwin wrote in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that the keepers of Indian elephants in the London Zoo told him that their charges shed tears in sorrow. Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tears. They contain significantly greater quantities of the hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, Leu-enkephalin, and the elements potassium and manganese.

Definition of cry in the English dictionary

The first definition of cry in the dictionary is to utter inarticulate sounds, esp when weeping; sob. Other definition of cry is to shed tears; weep. Cry is also usually foll by out to scream or shout in pain, terror, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CRY

PRESENT

Present
I cry
you cry
he/she/it cries
we cry
you cry
they cry
Present continuous
I am crying
you are crying
he/she/it is crying
we are crying
you are crying
they are crying
Present perfect
I have cried
you have cried
he/she/it has cried
we have cried
you have cried
they have cried
Present perfect continuous
I have been crying
you have been crying
he/she/it has been crying
we have been crying
you have been crying
they have been crying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cried
you cried
he/she/it cried
we cried
you cried
they cried
Past continuous
I was crying
you were crying
he/she/it was crying
we were crying
you were crying
they were crying
Past perfect
I had cried
you had cried
he/she/it had cried
we had cried
you had cried
they had cried
Past perfect continuous
I had been crying
you had been crying
he/she/it had been crying
we had been crying
you had been crying
they had been crying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cry
you will cry
he/she/it will cry
we will cry
you will cry
they will cry
Future continuous
I will be crying
you will be crying
he/she/it will be crying
we will be crying
you will be crying
they will be crying
Future perfect
I will have cried
you will have cried
he/she/it will have cried
we will have cried
you will have cried
they will have cried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been crying
you will have been crying
he/she/it will have been crying
we will have been crying
you will have been crying
they will have been crying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cry
you would cry
he/she/it would cry
we would cry
you would cry
they would cry
Conditional continuous
I would be crying
you would be crying
he/she/it would be crying
we would be crying
you would be crying
they would be crying
Conditional perfect
I would have cry
you would have cry
he/she/it would have cry
we would have cry
you would have cry
they would have cry
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been crying
you would have been crying
he/she/it would have been crying
we would have been crying
you would have been crying
they would have been crying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cry
we let´s cry
you cry
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cry
Past participle
cried
Present Participle
crying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRY

awry · braai · dry · fry · Madurai · medium-dry · outcry · pry · pylori · rai · retry · rye · samurai · serai · sori · spry · stir-fry · tori · try · wry

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRY

crwth · cry blue murder · cry down · cry for the moon · cry havoc · cry off · cry one´s eyes out · cry out · cry over spilt milk · cry quits · cry up · cry wolf · crybabies · crybaby · crying · cryingly · crymotherapy · cryobank · cryobiological · cryobiologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRY

a far cry · angry · anniversary · battery · blackberry · carry · category · celery · century · cherry · contemporary · country · delivery · diary · dictionary · directory · discovery · elementary · entry · every

Synonyms and antonyms of cry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cry» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «cry» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CRY

Find out the translation of cry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cry» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

哭泣
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

grito
570 millions of speakers
en

English

cry
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

रोना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بُكَاء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

плач
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

grito
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কান্না
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

cri
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Menangis
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Weinen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

泣き叫ぶ声
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

울음 소리
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nangis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếng kêu lớn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அழ
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रडणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ağlamak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

verso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

płacz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

крик
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

strigăt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κραυγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geroep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gråt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cry

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of cry
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cry».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cry

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cry.
1
Lucy Alibar
Mostly I do Iyengar. I like anything that's hard enough to make me cry in class. I like to be pushed over my limit and broken down a little bit.
2
Lance Armstrong
Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.
3
Dan Aykroyd
I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.
4
Bernard Berenson
Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.
5
Brenda Blethyn
Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.
6
Harold Bloom
In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.
7
Foxy Brown
My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.
8
Ginny Brown-Waite
For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with.
9
Lois McMaster Bujold
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.
10
Lee Byung-hun
Whenever I open a movie, I go secretly to the theater and stand in the back and enjoy the moment. I laugh when people laugh, and when people cry, I laugh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRY»

Discover the use of cry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.
James M. McPherson, 1988
2
Cry, the Beloved Country
In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country the statesman, the poet and the novelist meet in a unique harmony.” Cry, the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the ...
Alan Paton, 2003
3
Warriors Don't Cry
The author describes the threats and emotional abuse she endured from white student and adults along with her fears of endangering her family as she commited to being one of the first African American students to integrate Central High ...
Melba Beals, 2007
4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The story of one African-American family fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s.
Linda Beech, Mildred D. Taylor, 1999
5
The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark
An epic, highly acclaimed fantasy that has just been optioned as a feature film by Fox 2000!
Stuart Hill, 2011
6
No Woman No Cry
. . In her own words, this is a revealing insight into Marley's life and legacy' Daily Mirror
Rita Marley, Hettie Jones, 2011
7
Do They Hear You When You Cry
In the tradition of the international bestsellers Princess and Not Without My Daughter, this is the dramatic and inspirational story of a woman fighting to free herself from the injustices of her culture.
Layli Miller Bashir, Fauziya Kassindja, 2010
8
Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything ...
Throughout the book, Traister weaves in her own experience as a thirtysomething feminist sorting through all the events and media coverage—vacillating between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and questioning her own view of feminism, the ...
Rebecca Traister, 2010
9
Battle Cry
This is the story of enlisted men – Marines – at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough–and–ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations.
Leon Uris, 2009
10
Boys Don't Cry
In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood.
Malorie Blackman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cry is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Retracing Your Steps In Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
My overriding thought whilst playing Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition was, “Well, it's nice, but why does exist?” Set between Devil May Cry 1 ... «TheSixthAxis, Jul 15»
2
Novak Djokovic Screams At Ball Girl & Makes Her Cry At Wimbledon …
Whoa. Novak Djokovic lost his cool during a Wimbledon match when asking for a towel from a ball girl on Tuesday, July 7. In fact, he ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
3
Let's all have a good cry with Laura Bassett
To make sure you're prepared for the depths of despondency of this interview, we have employed The Early Lead's cry-o-meter. Let each gif ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Chinese stocks - Time to cry or time to buy?
The Shanghai index has dropped over 30% since mid June. Does that make it an opportunity? Ordinarily a huge move in a market brings out ... «ForexLive, Jul 15»
5
Leonid Bershidsky: Don't cry for Greeks; they got their money out …
A lot of the money from the two Greek bailouts went to banks, including local ones and the subsidiaries of foreign banks operating in Greece. «National Post, Jul 15»
6
Socialist battle cry: Frustrated voters look to Sanders
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Along comes Bernie Sanders, sounding the progressive version of the Tea Party outcry, and suddenly voters long ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
7
Blether with Brown: 'Gie the ba' to Julie' was the cry
Blether with Brown: 'Gie the ba' to Julie' was the cry. By John Brown, 8 Jul 2015 6.00am. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) · Click to share ... «Evening Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
Meredith Hagner: How I cry on demand
"I can weirdly cry on command," she revealed to Maxim magazine. "You gotta deliver. One of my friends had a trick where she would just stare ... «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
9
MLB All-Star game: #VoteDozier is Twins rallying cry
Minnesota Twins left fielder Eduardo Escobar wears a t-shirt encouraging fans to vote for Twins second baseman Brian Dozier for the 2015 ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
10
Don the Beachcomber a rallying cry in Sunset Beach fight to keep …
Don the Beachcomber a rallying cry in Sunset Beach fight to keep 'funkiness' · Tilly's building becomes canvas for contemporary mural ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
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