transcription, транскрипция: [ kraɪ ]
( cries, crying, cried)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When you cry , tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
I hung up the phone and started to cry...
Please don’t cry...
He cried with anger and frustration.
...a crying baby.
VERB : V , V , V with n , V-ing
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Cry is also a noun.
A nurse patted me on the shoulder and said, ‘You have a good cry, dear.’
N-SING
• cry‧ing
She had been unable to sleep for three days because of her 13-week-old son’s crying.
N-UNCOUNT : usu with poss
2.
If you cry something, you shout it or say it loudly.
‘Nancy Drew,’ she cried, ‘you’re under arrest!’...
VERB : V with quote
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Cry out means the same as cry .
‘You’re wrong, quite wrong!’ Henry cried out, suddenly excited...
According to the legend, she cried out that no storm was going to stop her from finishing her ride.
PHRASAL VERB : V P with quote , V P that
3.
A cry is a loud, high sound that you make when you feel a strong emotion such as fear, pain, or pleasure.
A cry of horror broke from me...
With a cry, she rushed forward.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
4.
A cry is a shouted word or phrase, usually one that is intended to attract someone’s attention.
Thousands of Ukrainians burst into cries of ‘bravo’ on the steps of the parliament...
Passers-by heard his cries for help.
= shout
N-COUNT : oft N of/for n
see also battle cry , rallying cry
5.
You can refer to a public protest about something or an appeal for something as a cry of some kind. ( JOURNALISM )
There have been cries of outrage about this expenditure...
N-COUNT : usu N of/for n
6.
A bird’s or animal’s cry is the loud, high sound that it makes.
...the cry of a seagull.
= call
N-COUNT
7.
see also crying
8.
Something that is a far cry from something else is very different from it.
Their lives are a far cry from his own poor childhood.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR n
9.
You use the expression for crying out loud in order to show that you are annoyed or impatient, or to add force to a question or request. ( INFORMAL, SPOKEN )
I mean, what’s he ever done in his life, for crying out loud?
EXCLAM : PHR with cl [ feelings ]
10.
to cry your eyes out: see eye
a shoulder to cry on: see shoulder