- cry
- In.
1) to give, raise (formal), utter a cry
2) an anguished, plaintive; heart-rending; loud, lusty; piercing; rallying cry
3) a battle, war cry
4) a cry for (a cry for help)
5) (misc.) afar cry from ('very far from')
IIv.1) to cry loudly
2) (d; intr.) ('to appeal') to cry for (to cry for justice)
3) (d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry for, with (to cry for joy; to cry with grief)
4) (d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry over (to cry over one's bad luck)
5) (d; intr.) to cry to ('to complain to') (don't come crying to me)
6) (misc.) to cry wolf ('to give a false alarm'); to cry havoc ('to warn of disaster'); to cry one's eyes out; to cry over spilled/spilt milk ('to complain in vain'); she cried herself to sleep
* * *[kraɪ]heart-rendingloudlustypiercingplaintiverallying cryshe cried herself to sleepto cry one's eyes oututter a crywar cryto cry over spilled/spilt milk ('to complain in vain')to cry havoc ('to warn of disaster')raise (formal)with (to cry for joy; to cry with grief)(d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry fora battlean anguishedto giveto cryloudly(misc.) to cry wolf ('to give a false alarm')(misc.) a far cry from ('very far from')a cry for (a cry for help)(d; intr.) to cry to (don't come crying to me; 'to complain to')(d;intr.) ('to appeal') to cry for (to cry for justice)(d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry over (to cry over one's bad luck)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.