1. cry - Noun
2. cry - Verb
To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
Importunate supplication.
Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
Common report; fame.
A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
A pack of hounds.
A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
Source: Webster's dictionarya cry to arms Source: Internet
our watchword will be `democracy' Source: Internet
before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news Source: Internet
He cried his merchandise in the market square Source: Internet
the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience Source: Internet
she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle Source: Internet