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      cry
      noun
      A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
      A shout or scream.
      Words shouted or screamed.
      A clamour or outcry.
      (collectively) A group of hounds.
      (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
      A desperate or urgent request.
      (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
      (obsolete) Common report; gossip.
      verb
      (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
      (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
      (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
      (intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
      (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
      (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
      To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
      Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
      Roots
      quiritarecry- · Latin · to cry out, wail
      Synonyms for cry
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      Words related to cry
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