cry

I

n.

1) to give, raise (formal), utter a cry

2) an anguished, plaintive; heart-rending; loud, lusty; piercing; rallying cry

3) a battle, war cry

4) a cry for (a cry for help)

5) (misc.) afar cry from ('very far from')

II

v.

1) to cry loudly

2) (d; intr.) ('to appeal') to cry for (to cry for justice)

3) (d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry for, with (to cry for joy; to cry with grief)

4) (d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry over (to cry over one's bad luck)

5) (d; intr.) to cry to ('to complain to') (don't come crying to me)

6) (misc.) to cry wolf ('to give a false alarm'); to cry havoc ('to warn of disaster'); to cry one's eyes out; to cry over spilled/spilt milk ('to complain in vain'); she cried herself to sleep

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heart-rending

loud

lusty

piercing

plaintive

rallying cry

she cried herself to sleep

to cry one's eyes out

utter a cry

war cry

to cry over spilled/spilt milk ('to complain in vain')

to cry havoc ('to warn of disaster')

raise (formal)

with (to cry for joy; to cry with grief)

(d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry for

a battle

an anguished

to give

to cryloudly

(misc.) to cry wolf ('to give a false alarm')

(misc.) a far cry from ('very far from')

a cry for (a cry for help)

(d; intr.) to cry to (don't come crying to me; 'to complain to')

(d;intr.) ('to appeal') to cry for (to cry for justice)

(d; intr.) ('to weep') to cry over (to cry over one's bad luck)