Definitions for cries

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cries cry

Spelling: [krahy]

IPA: /kraɪ/

Cries is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in cries (ceirs).

Definitions for cries

noun

1. the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
2. clamor; outcry.
3. a fit of weeping:
4. the utterance or call of an animal.
5. a political or party slogan.
6. battle cry.
7. an oral proclamation or announcement.
8. a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.
9. public report.
10. an opinion generally expressed.
11. an entreaty; appeal.
12. Fox Hunting. a pack of hounds. a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.

Idioms

1. a far cry, quite some distance; a long way. only remotely related; very different:
2. cry havoc. havoc (def 4).
3. cry one's eyes / heart out, to cry excessively or inconsolably:
4. cry over spilled / spilt milk. milk (def 10).
5. in full cry, in hot pursuit:

Verb phrases

1. cry down, to disparage; belittle:
2. cry off, to break a promise, agreement, etc.:
3. cry up, to praise; extol:

verb (used with object)

1. to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.
2. to announce publicly as for sale; advertise:
3. to beg or plead for; implore:
4. to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping:

verb (used without object)

1. to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.
2. to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.
3. to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out).
4. to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition:
5. to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.
6. (of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.
7. (of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.

Origin of cries

1175-1225; (v.) Middle English crien Anglo-French, Old French crier Vulgar Latin *crītāre for Latin quirītāre to cry out in protest, make a public cry; associated by folk etymology with Quirī

Examples for cries

Then came smoke, the smell of scorching linen, and a cry of horror from Celine.

The girls send a cry for help…the situation of these girls is distressing.

Both the Ramos sons squeezed their eyes and lowered their heads, doing their best not to cry.

As cars approached a group of about 20 men and women, a cry went out: “Honk your horn!”

Her cry to the slave-holders, was ever like his to Pharaoh, "Let my people go!"

Again came the cry, more gently, ending in a sort of sobbing monologue.

“He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.

The cry that rose up into the night signaled a moral indictment no matter what the grand jury had said.

The narrative was broken off short by a cry of jubilee in the court.

For, if he could get shelter for three days, the hue and cry would subside.