weeping beech

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weep¹ v., wept/wɛpt/USA pronunciation weep•ing.

to shed (tears) because of strong emotion: [no object]They wept for days over his sudden death.[~ + object]wept bitter tears.
to give out or exude (liquid, as water or blood): [no object]The wound is weeping.[~ + object]a wound weeping blood.

weep•er, n. [countable]

weep•ing adj.

expressing grief, sorrow, or any overwhelming emotion by shedding tears:weeping multitudes.
tearful;
weepy:a weeping fit.
tending or liable to cry;
given to crying.
dripping or oozing liquid.
(of trees, shrubs, etc.) having slender, drooping branches.

weep′ing•ly, adv.

weep¹ v., wept, weep•ing, n.
v.i.

to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears;
shed tears;
cry:to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
to let fall drops of water or other liquid;
drip;
leak:The old water tank was weeping at the seams.
to exude water or liquid, as soil, a rock, a plant stem, or a sore.

v.t.

to weep for (someone or something);
mourn with tears or other expression of sorrow:He wept his dead brother.
to shed (tears);
pour forth in weeping:to weep tears of gratitude.
to let fall or give forth in drops:trees weeping an odorous gum.
to pass, bring, put, etc., to or into a specified condition with the shedding of tears (usually fol. by away, out, etc.):to weep one's eyes out; to weep oneself to sleep.

bef. 900; Middle English wepen, Old English wēpan to wail; cognate with Gothic wōpjan to call, Old Norse æpa to cry out

weep² n. [Brit. Dial.]

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weeping /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ adj

ˈweepingly adv

weep /wiːp/ vb (weeps, weeping, wept)

Etymology: Old English wēpan; related to Gothic wōpjan, Old High German wuofan, Old Slavonic vabiti to call

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