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Weep has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A session of crying.

"The farmer spotted a weep hopping along the muddy field after the rainstorm."

2

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

Verb
1

shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

"She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"

"The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

2

To cry; shed tears.

"She wept softly when she heard the sad news about her grandmother's passing."

Related Terms
Antonyms
express joy
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
express emotion
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
wail bawl tear sob snivel

Origin

Weep comes from Old English, where it originally meant to weep, complain, or mourn. Its roots trace back through Germanic languages to a Proto-Indo-European word for calling or crying out.

Rhyming Words
eep beep veep neep heep geep peep meep yeep keep seep teep jeep deep bleep sleep sweep creep queep dreep
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