weep

About 3.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb 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. verb To lament; to complain.
3. verb To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation. To produce secretions. To flow in drops; to run in drops.

   a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly

4. verb To produce secretions.
5. verb To flow in drops; to run in drops.

   a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly

6. verb To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
7. verb To weep over; to bewail.
8. noun A session of crying.

   Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.

Similar words

cry crying bawl lament mourn grieve scream cringe sob not

Often followed by

for and over with not at in when no

Word family

weeping weeps wept