WEEP


Meaning of WEEP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwēp ]

verb

( wept ˈwept ; weep·ing )

Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan; akin to Old High German wuoffan to weep, Serbian & Croatian vapiti to cry out

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb

1. : to express deep sorrow for usually by shedding tears : bewail

weep ing the sins and errors of his youth — Edward Gibbon

2. : to pour forth (tears) from the eyes

3. : to exude (a fluid) slowly : ooze

a tree weep ing sap

intransitive verb

1. : to express passion (as grief) by shedding tears

2.

a. : to give off or leak fluid slowly : ooze

b. of a fluid : to flow sluggishly or in drops

3. : to droop over : bend

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.