verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

cry cupboard

cry cupboard · cries cupboard · cried cupboard · crying cupboard

Chiefly of one's stomach: to need or want foodChiefly of one's stomach: to need or want food; to show signs of hunger; to hunger.

UK/kɹaɪ ˈkʌbəd/US/kɹaɪ ˈkʌbəɹd/

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, idiomatic, obsolete)Chiefly of one's stomach: to need or want food; to show signs of hunger; to hunger.

Origin

From cry (verb) + cupboard (“(by extension) food, provisions”, noun), probably comparing o

From cry (verb) + cupboard (“(by extension) food, provisions”, noun), probably comparing one’s stomach growling from hunger to a person calling out for food which is traditionally stored in a cupboard.

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Forms

cries cupboard, crying cupboard, cried cupboard, cried cupboard

Base form	cry cupboard · to cry cupboard
3rd person singular	cries cupboard
Present participle	crying cupboard
Past simple	cried cupboard
Past participle	cried cupboard

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cry cupboard
he, she, it	cries cupboard

Past simpleLesson

all persons

cried cupboard

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have cried cupboard
he, she, it	has cried cupboard

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cry cupboard

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle