Meaning

6 senses
  1. To 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

  2. To lament; to complain.

  3. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.

    To produce secretions.

  4. To flow in drops; to run in drops.

    a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly

  5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To weep over; to bewail.

Examples

130 sentences
  1. My favorite tree is the weeping willow.

    Моє улюблене дерево — плакуча верба.

    ruМоё любимое дерево - плакучая ива.

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  2. She wept bitterly.

    Вона гірко плакала.

    ruОна горько плакала.

    deSie weinte bitterlich.

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  3. Read it and weep.

    Читай і ридай.

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  4. Tom made me weep.

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  5. Tom wept bitterly.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to cry, shed tears:
Русский
By meaning 1
to cry, shed tears:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cry, shed tears:

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”).

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Forms

weeps, weeping, wept, wept
Base formweep · to weep
3rd person singularweeps
Present participleweeping
Past simplewept
Past participlewept

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyweep
he, she, itweeps

Past simpleLesson

all personswept

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wept
he, she, ithas wept

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill weep

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain:cry

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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