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Entry 9 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Weep

/wēp/ · IPA /wiːp/
01 n. The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
  1. 1.
    The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.(Zool.)
02 imp. imp. of Weep, for wept.
  1. 1.
    imp. of Weep, for wept.obs. See: Weep
03 v. i. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by sh…
imp. & p. p. Wept; p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping
  1. 1.
    Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry.
    “And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck.” — Acts xx. 37.
    “Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh.” — Mitford.
    “And eyes that wake to weep.” — Mrs. Hemans.
    “And they wept together in silence.” — Longfellow.
  2. 2.
    To lament; to complain.
  3. 3.
    To flow in drops; to run in drops.
    “The blood weeps from my heart.” — Shak.
  4. 4.
    To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked.
  5. 5.
    To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.
04 v. t. To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
  1. 1.
    To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.
    “We wandering go Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe.” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy.
    “Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.” — Milton.
    “Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm.” — Milton.