weep
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty…To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
» My favorite tree is the weeping willow.
Моё любимое дерево - плакучая ива.
Моє улюблене дерево — плакуча верба.
Meaning
6 sensesTo cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
weinen
пла́катьplákatʹ, рыда́тьrydátʹ, лить слёзыlitʹ sljózy
пла́катиplákaty, схли́пуватиsxlýpuvaty, реві́тиrevíty
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
To lament; to complain.
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
To produce secretions.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
(obsolete, transitive)To weep over; to bewail.
Examples
130 sentencesMy favorite tree is the weeping willow.
Моє улюблене дерево — плакуча верба.
ruМоё любимое дерево - плакучая ива.
She wept bitterly.
Вона гірко плакала.
ruОна горько плакала.
deSie weinte bitterlich.
Read it and weep.
Читай і ридай.
Tom made me weep.
Tom wept bitterly.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over,From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
weeps, weeping, wept, weptSynonyms
10 synonyms- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain:cry
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle