Cry — Defs

01 v. i. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

imp. & p. p. Cried; p. pr. & vb. n. Crying

1.
To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
“And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.” — Matt. xxvii. 46.

“Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.” — Shak.

“Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee.” — Ps. xxviii. 2.

“The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” — Is. xl. 3.

“Some cried after him to return.” — Bunyan.
2.
To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
“Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.” — Is. lxv. 14.

“I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman.” — Shak.
3.
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
“The young ravens which cry.” — Ps. cxlvii. 9.

“In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

To cry on — to call upon the name of; to beseech.

To cry out — To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.

To cry out against — to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.

To cry out on — to denounce; to censure.

To cry to — to call on in prayer; to implore.

To cry you mercy — to beg your pardon.

02 v. t. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

1.
To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
“All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak.” — Shak.

“The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life!” — Bunyan.
2.
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
3.
To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
“Love is lost, and thus she cries him.” — Crashaw.
4.
to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
“I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.” — Judd.

“Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it.” — Tillotson.

03 n. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.

pl. Cries ((kr�z))

1.
A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
2.
Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
“Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever.” — Macaulay.
3.
Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
“There shall be a great cry throughout all the land.” — Ex. xi. 6.

“An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry.” — Tennyson.
4.
Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
“The cry went once on thee.” — Shak.
5.
Importunate supplication.
“O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls.” — Shak.
6.
Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
“The street cries of London.” — Mayhew.
7.
Common report; fame.
“The cry goes that you shall marry her.” — Shak.
8.
A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
“All now depends upon a good cry.” — Beaconsfield.
9.
A pack of hounds.
“A cry more tunable Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn.” — Shak.
10.
A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
“Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players?” — Shak.
11.
The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.

Phrases & compounds

A far cry — a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.