weep

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
2. To lament; to complain.
3. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
4. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail.

Noun

1. A session of crying.
2. A sob.
3. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".

Noun

A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Sinonieme

cry

😢

sob

😭

lament

wail

shed tears

mourn

bewail

moan

blubber

whimper

bemoan

tear

scream

😱

bawl

weep aloud

snivel

droop

weeping

whine

burst into tears

cause to weep

tears

greet

howl

sadden

say

🗣️

shed

shout

shower

🚿

sing

sniffle

snuffle

sorrow

sound

🔉

sparkle

❇️

throat

throating

be careful

cry aloud

moan and groan

nasal mucus

trickling water

creepage

cry with sorrow

blubber out

water penetration

beweep

water percolation

to cry

drip channel

Vertalings

pleurer

😢

llorar

😢

piangere

weinen

huilen

😢

chorar

😢

plorar

😢

wenen

😢

κλαίω

schreien

😢

ağlamak

😢

بكى

😢

tranen

traanogen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wiːp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wepen

Geërf van Old English: wēpan

Verwante met Skots: wepe

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: wapia

Verwante met Yslands: æpa

In summary

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”).
Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”),
Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).