weep

CEFRB2

/wiːp/

verb

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To cry, especially because of sadness or pain.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation., To produce secretions.

Examples

  • The sad movie made many people in the audience weep silently.

  • To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To lament; to complain.

  2. To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.

  3. To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.

More examples

In context

  • I weep for my lost youth.

  • Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.

  • a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The sad movie made her blank, and tears ran down her cheeks.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

verb

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”). Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).