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weep

noun verb

A session of crying.

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
W
Ends with
P
Contains
EE
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/wiːp/ /wiːp/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A session of crying.

    “Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.”

verb

  1. To cry; shed tears.

  2. To lament; to complain.

  3. (of a wound or sore) To produce secretions.

  4. To flow in drops; to run in drops.

    “a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly”

  5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.

  6. To weep over; to bewail.

noun

  1. A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

In context

Example Sentences

Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.
a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly
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