weep

Meaning

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) To weep over; to bewail.

cry

weep aloud

cause to weep

cry aloud

moan and groan

nasal mucus

trickling water

creepage

cry with sorrow

blubber out

water penetration

beweep

water percolation

to cry

drip channel

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wiːp/

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 wepe, weip (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”).

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