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weep
What does weep mean?
weep (verb): shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use weep in a sentence?
- She began to weep bitterly. (Tatoeba sentence #10726560 by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce weep?
/wip/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does weep come from?
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of weep?
Words related to weep
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “weep”?
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What does “weep” mean?
of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound
Not quite: that's what ring means.
shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
Right! That's what “weep” means.
draw someone's attention away from something
Not quite: that's what distract means.
to cook (something) in an oven (for someone)
Not quite: that's what bake means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “weep”?
set
Not quite: set means something else.
let
Not quite: let means something else.
cry
Right!
try
Not quite: try means something else.
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