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Meanings of weep in English

Portuguese
chorar
Catalan
plorar
Spanish
sollozar

Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.

      chorar

      Small opening that allows water to drain from within an assembly.

            Usage of weep in English
            1
            Nalia did weep then, as the reality of her situation sank in.
            Oracle's Queen
            2
            I know that I shall weep rivers on the day he weds.
            A feast for crows
            3
            She did not weep; she could not; she was past that now.
            When Knighthood Was in Flower / or, the Love Story of Charles Br...
            4
            She did not speak or weep, or ask for anything at all.
            The darkest road
            5
            That was the only time Hanno had ever seen his father weep.
            The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
            6
            Today, like every day, he watched someone weep, and his heart ached.
            The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
            7
            Directly he had taken it he began to weep naturally and refreshingly.
            The sleeper awakes
            8
            He was so far gone in pain that he could not weep.
            Wizardborn
            9
            Dear heart, you go but to weep in your chamber; stay here.
            The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
            10
            The Misses were ready to weep at the disappointment of the dreaming-bread.
            Marriage
            11
            It is cold there; it is sad enough to make one weep.
            New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
            12
            Wail and weep here; God made it echo joy and triumph there.
            The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
            13
            Dona Luisa would weep, touched by the heartrending tales of the messenger.
            The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
            14
            Five times in the day you laugh and five times you weep.
            Mother
            15
            And he commenced to weep for the third time in fifty years.
            The Valley of the Giants
            16
            I cannot bear to see my mother weep; it breaks my heart.
            Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
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