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weepweep /wip/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle wept /wɛpt/) ETYMOLOGYweepOrigin: Old English wepan VERB TABLEweep |
Present | I, you, we, they | weep | | he, she, it | weeps | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wept | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wept | | he, she, it | has wept | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wept | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will weep | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wept |
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Present | I | am weeping | | he, she, it | is weeping | | you, we, they | are weeping | Past | I, he, she, it | was weeping | | you, we, they | were weeping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been weeping | | he, she, it | has been weeping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been weeping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be weeping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been weeping |
► wept bitterly At the trial, she wept bitterly (=cried loudly). THESAURUSproduce tears► cry to produce tears from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt: Don’t cry – it’s OK. Is the baby crying again? ► be in tears to be crying: His wife was in tears as he was taken from the court room. ► sob to cry in a very noisy way: She was lying on her bed sobbing. ► weep formal to cry a lot for a long time: He wept when they told him she was dead. ► whimper to cry quietly and weakly: A child lay in the hospital bed, whimpering with pain. ► wail/bawl/howl to cry with a long loud sound. Used mainly about babies and children: They could hear a baby wailing somewhere. ► snivel to cry and complain in an annoying way. Used especially in writing: Stop sniveling, and I’ll show you how to do it. ► be close to tears/be near tears to be almost crying: Dave was near tears when he told us about losing his job. ► hold/fight back (the) tears to make a strong effort not to cry: The widow fought back tears as she read her statement to the press. ► burst/dissolve into tears to suddenly start crying: When she saw him, she burst into tears. ► break down to start crying after trying not to cry: His mother broke down during the funeral and had to be led out. 1[intransitive, transitive] formal or literary to cry a lot, especially because you feel very sad: James broke down and wept. At the trial, she wept bitterly (=cried loudly).► see thesaurus at cry12[intransitive] medicine if a wound weeps, liquid comes out of it—weep noun [singular] |