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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Weeping

· Weep·ing · IPA /ˈwiːpɪŋ/
01 n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
  1. 1.
    The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
02 a. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
  1. 1.
    Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
  2. 2.
    Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
  3. 3.
    Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
  4. 4.
    Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
Phrases & compounds
Weeping cross — a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.
Weeping rock — a porous rock from which water gradually issues.
Weeping sinew — a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2.
Weeping spring — a spring that discharges water slowly.