Definitions
1.verbTo shed tears; to weep."That sad movie always makes me cry."
2.verbTo utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
3.verbTo shout, scream, yell.
4.verbTo utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
5.verbTo cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping."Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep."
6.verbTo make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc."to cry goods"
7.verbHence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
8.nounThe act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting."Their constant cryings kept us awake!"
9.adjectiveThat cries."The crying child on the street was evidently lost."
10.adjectiveThat demands action or attention."There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country."
11.adjectiveThat deserves rebuke or censure."It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!"