cry+out

  • 61cry — verb (cries, crying, cried) 1》 shed tears. 2》 shout or scream loudly.     ↘(of a hawker) proclaim (wares) for sale. 3》 (of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call. 4》 (cry out for) demand as a self evident requirement or solution …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 62cry for — verb need badly or desperately This question cries out for an answer • Syn: ↑cry out for • Hypernyms: ↑necessitate, ↑ask, ↑postulate, ↑need, ↑require, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 63cry — Synonyms and related words: PR, adjuration, advertise, alleluia, animal noise, appeal, applaud, applause, ballyhoo, bark, barking, battle cry, bawl, bawling, bay, bell, bellow, bemoan, beseechment, bewail, bid, birdcall, blare, blare forth, blat …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 64cry — I. verb (cried; crying) 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 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 65cry — 1. verb /kɹaɪ̯/ a) To shed tears; to weep. That sad movie always makes me cry. b) To shout, scream, yell. The captured bear cub tried to cry out to its mother …

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  • 66cry for — Synonyms and related words: ache for, adjure, appeal, appeal to, ask, ask for, be dying for, be hurting for, be indicated, beg, beseech, blackmail, call for, call for help, call on, call upon, challenge, claim, clamor for, conjure, crave, cry on …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 67cry —   Uē, uwē (weep);    ♦ cry out, kani, oho, uwā; puoho (in alarm); olo pihe, kāhea, huene, pū alalā, pūhalalū.   Also: hauwene, kaniā au, ōmino (weep). See onomatopoeia, shout.    ♦ Teasing cry, uē ho ohune.    ♦ To cry loudly, uē hāmama, pū alalā …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 68out — /owt/, adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner. 2. away from one s home, country, work, etc., as specified: to go out of town. 3. in or into the outdoors: to… …

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  • 69out — [[t]aʊt[/t]] adv. 1) not in the usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order[/ex] 2) away from one s home, country, work, etc., as specified: to go out of town[/ex] 3) in or into the outdoors: to go out for a walk[/ex] 4) to a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 70cry for — or[cry out for] {v.}, {informal} To need badly; be lacking in. * /It has not rained for two weeks and the garden is crying for it./ * /The school is crying out for good teachers./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms