| inglese > italiano | |
| cry | |
| 1. verb. piangere | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| cry | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. |  |
| That sad movie always makes me cry. |  |
| 2. v. To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. |  |
| 3. v. To shout, scream, yell. |  |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do. |  |
| 5. v. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping. |  |
| Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep. |  |
| 6. v. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc. |  |
| to cry goods |  |
| 7. v. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage. |  |
| 8. subst. A shedding of tears; the act of crying. |  |
| After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry. |  |
| 9. subst. A shout or scream. |  |
| I heard a cry from afar. |  |
| 10. subst. Words shouted or screamed. |  |
| a battle cry |  |
| 11. subst. (collectively) A group of hounds. |  |
| 12. subst. (obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people. |  |
| 13. subst. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question. |  |
| "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse. |  |
| 14. subst. A desperate or urgent request. |  |
| 15. subst. (obsolete) Common report; gossip. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| piangere | |
| 1. v. to weep, cry |  |