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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024weep•er (wē′pər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who weeps.
- (formerly) a hired mourner at a funeral.
- something worn as a badge of mourning, as a widow's black veil.
- a wine bottle that has lost some of its contents through the cork.
- any of various loose-hanging, streamerlike objects, as a long, hanging hatband or a strand of moss hanging from a tree.
- Informal Termsa sad story, motion picture, song, or the like, that is apt to make one cry.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see weep1, -er1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: weeper /ˈwiːpə/ n - a person who weeps, esp a hired mourner
- something worn as a sign of mourning
weep1 /wip/USA pronunciation v., wept/wɛpt/USA pronunciation weep•ing. - to shed (tears) because of strong emotion: [no object]They wept for days over his sudden death.[~ + object]wept bitter tears.
- to give out or exude (liquid, as water or blood): [no object]The wound is weeping.[~ + object]a wound weeping blood.
weep•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024weep1 (wēp),USA pronunciation v., wept, weep•ing, n. v.i. - to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears;
shed tears;
cry:to weep for joy; to weep with rage. - to let fall drops of water or other liquid;
drip;
leak:The old water tank was weeping at the seams. - to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore.
v.t. - to weep for (someone or something);
mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow:He wept his dead brother. - to shed (tears);
pour forth in weeping:to weep tears of gratitude. - to let fall or give forth in drops:trees weeping an odorous gum.
- to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually fol. by away, out, etc.):to weep one's eyes out; to weep oneself to sleep.
n. - weeping, or a fit of weeping.
- the exudation of water or liquid.
- bef. 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan to wail; cognate with Gothic wōpjan to call, Old Norse æpa to cry out
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sob; wail, lament.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bewail, bemoan, lament.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged laugh, rejoice.
weep2 (wēp),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]- the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, of Europe.
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