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weep

/wiːp/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A session of crying.
  2. To cry; shed tears.
  3. To lament; to complain.
  4. (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.
  5. To flow in drops; to run in drops.
  6. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
  7. To weep over; to bewail.
  8. A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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