cry

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for cry

cry 🔊 /kɹajˈ/

cry : හැඬීම

cry : ඇඬීම

cry : කෑගසා කියනවා

cry : හඬනවා

cry : කෑගසනවා

cry : වැලපීම

cry : අඬනවා

cry : හඬ නගනවා

cry : වලපිනවා

cry : කෑගසන

cry : ප්‍රකට

cry : මොර ගසනවා

cry : විකුණනවා

cry : විලාප කියනවා

cry definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
  2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
  3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
  4. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
  5. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
  6. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
  7. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
  8. Importunate supplication.
  9. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
  10. Common report; fame.
  11. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
  12. A pack of hounds.
  13. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
  14. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Transitive verb.

  1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
  2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
  3. To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
  4. to publish the banns of, as for marriage.