weep

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: wēp, IPA(key): /wiːp/ Rhymes: -iːp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”). Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”). ==== Verb ==== weep (third-person singular simple present weeps, present participle weeping, simple past and past participle wept or (poetic, otherwise nonstandard) weeped) To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy. To lament; to complain. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation. (medicine, of a wound or sore) To produce secretions. To flow in drops; to run in drops. a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches. (obsolete, transitive) To weep over; to bewail. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:weep ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== weep (plural weeps) A session of crying. A sob. A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat during storage, consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice". Synonym: purge Coordinate term: drip loss === Etymology 2 === Imitative of its cry. ==== Noun ==== weep (plural weeps) A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).