To shed tears; to weep.
That sad movie always makes me cry.
To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
To shout, scream, yell.
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep.
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
Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting.
Their constant cryings kept us awake!
That cries.
The crying child on the street was evidently lost.
That demands action or attention.
There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.
That deserves rebuke or censure.
It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!