Meaning of WEEPING
Pronunciation: | | 'weeping
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- [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"
- [adj] showing sorrow
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| Synonyms: | | crying, dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, sorrowful, tearful, tears |
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| See Also: | | activity, bawling, bodily function, bodily process, body process, snivel, sniveling, sob, sobbing, wailing | |
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| Definition: | | Weeping Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Weep"ing\, n.
The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of
tears.
\Weep"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. ``Weeping eyes.''
--I. Watts.
2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very
slowly; surcharged with water. ``Weeping grounds.''
--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.
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Dream Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Dreaming that you are weeping means bad news and disruption in the family.
Seeing others weeping in your dream, symbolizes pleasant reunion after periods of saddened estrangements. |
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