weeping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: weeping	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for weeping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weeping adj showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping] having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" Synonym(s): cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping n the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears" Synonym(s): crying, weeping, tears
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weep \Weep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weeping}.] [OE. wepen, AS. w[?]pan, from w[?]p lamentation; akin to OFries. w[?]pa to lament, OS. w[?]p lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. [?]p a shouting, crying, OS. w[?]pian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. [?]pa, Goth. w[?]pjan. [?][?][?][?].] 1. Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck. --Acts xx. 37. Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. --Mitford. And eyes that wake to weep. --Mrs. Hemans. And they wept together in silence. --Longfellow. 2. To lament; to complain. [bd]They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.[b8] --Num. xi. 13. 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. The blood weeps from my heart. --Shak. 4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked. 5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeping \Weep"ing\, n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weeping \Weep"ing\, a. 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. [bd]Weeping eyes.[b8] --I. Watts. 2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. [bd]Weeping grounds.[b8] --Mortimer. 3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. {Weeping cross}, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence. {Weeping rock}, a porous rock from which water gradually issues. {Weeping sinew}, a ganglion. See {Ganglion}, n., 2. [Colloq.] {Weeping spring}, a spring that discharges water slowly. {Weeping willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix Babylonica}) whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.