'Weeping' definitions:

Definition of 'weeping'

From: WordNet
adjective
Showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping]
adjective
Having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping]
noun
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" [syn: crying, weeping, tears]

Definition of 'Weeping'

From: GCIDE
  • Weep \Weep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wept (w[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Weeping.] [OE. wepen, AS. w[=e]pan, from w[=o]p lamentation; akin to OFries. w?pa to lament, OS. w[=o]p lamentation, OHG. wuof, Icel. [=o]p a shouting, crying, OS. w[=o]pian to lament, OHG. wuoffan, wuoffen, Icel. [oe]pa, Goth. w[=o]pjan. [root]129.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck. --Acts xx. 37. [1913 Webster]
  • Phocion was rarely seen to weep or to laugh. --Mitford. [1913 Webster]
  • And eyes that wake to weep. --Mrs. Hemans. [1913 Webster]
  • And they wept together in silence. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lament; to complain. "They weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat." --Num. xi. 13. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To flow in drops; to run in drops. [1913 Webster]
  • The blood weeps from my heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant or its branches. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Weeping'

From: GCIDE
  • Weeping \Weep"ing\, n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Weeping'

From: GCIDE
  • Weeping \Weep"ing\, a.
  • 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes." --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds." --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'weeping'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Weeping'