wept /wept/ pat and pap of weep

weep /wēp/

1. To express grief by shedding tears
2. To wail or lament
3. To drip, rain
4. To ooze
5. To leak
6. To exude
7. To droop or be pendent

1. To lament
2. To pour forth
3. To express while, or by, weeping
4. To exude

A spell of weeping

weepˈer noun

1. Someone who weeps
2. A mourning figure carved on a tombstone
3. A hired mourner
4. A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress
5. A crape hatband
6. A widow's crape veil
7. Anything drooping or pendent
8. A weephole

weepˈie or weepˈy noun (informal)

A highly emotional film, play or book

weepˈily adverb (informal)

Tearfully

weepˈiness noun

weepˈing noun adjective

(of a tree or plant variety) having slender drooping branches

weepˈingly adverb

weepˈy adjective

1. Tearful (informal)
2. Sentimental (informal)
3. Oozy (dialect)

See weepie above

weepˈhole noun

A hole in a wall, etc to allow water to escape from behind it

weeping ash noun

A variety of the common European ash, with drooping branches

weeping birch noun

A variety of the white birch, with drooping branches

Weeping Cross or weepˈing-cross noun

1. (a former site of) a wayside cross where penitents might pray
2. In phrases such as come home by Weeping Cross to experience bitter regret, disappointment or failure

weeping elm noun

A variety of wych-elm, with drooping branches

weepˈing-ripe adjective (Shakespeare)

Ripe or ready for tears

weeping rock noun

A rock through which water percolates slowly

weeping spring noun

A spring from which water escapes slowly

weeping willow noun

An ornamental Chinese willow (Salix babylonica), with pendent branches

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