CRY


Meaning of CRY in English

I

n.

1) to give, raise ( formal ), utter a ~

2) an anguished, plaintive; heart-rending; loud, lusty; piercing; rallying ~

3) a battle, war ~

4) a ~ for (a ~ for help)

5) ( misc. ) afar ~ from ('very far from')

II

v.

1) to ~ loudly

2) ( d ; intr. ) ('to appeal') to ~ for (to ~ for justice)

3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to weep') to ~ for, with (to ~ for joy; to ~ with grief)

4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to weep') to ~ over (to ~ over one's bad luck)

5) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to complain to') (don't come ~ing to me)

6) ( misc. ) to ~ wolf ('to give a false alarm'); to ~ havoc ('to warn of disaster'); to ~ one's eyes out; to ~ over spilled/spilt milk ('to complain in vain'); she cried herself to sleep

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.