weeping
pronunciation
How to pronounce weeping in British English:
UK [ˈwi:pɪŋ]
How to pronounce weeping in American English:
US [ˈwipɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
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- Adjective:
- showing sorrow
Word Origin
- weeping (adj.)
- late Old English, present participle adjective from weep (v.). Used of various trees whose branches arch downward and suggest drooping, such as weeping elm (c. 1600); weeping cherry (1824). Weeping willow (French saule pleureur, German trauerweide) is recorded from 1731. The tree is native to Asia; the first brought to England were imported 1748, from the Euphrates. It replaced the cypress as a funerary emblem.
Example
- 1. An old woman stands weeping in front of a building wall .
- 2. It seemed as if all nature were weeping for john mortonson .
- 3. Weeping may have been one of the earliest forms of hominid communication .
- 4. The film ends with a woman weeping in hebrew and arabic , refusing to stop crying until the suffering ends .
- 5. Weeping rusticles , a 15-ton anchor hangs from the port side of the ship .