<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to utter inarticulate sounds, especially of lamentation, grief, or suffering, usually with tears.</li><li>to weep; shed tears, with or without sound.</li><li>to call loudly; shout; yell (sometimes followed by out).</li><li>to demand resolution or strongly indicate a particular disposition: The rise in crime cried out for greater police protection.</li><li>to give forth vocal sounds or characteristic calls, as animals; yelp; bark.</li><li>(of a hound or pack) to bay continuously and excitedly in following a scent.</li><li>(of tin) to make a noise, when bent, like the crumpling of paper.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to utter or pronounce loudly; call out.</li><li>to announce publicly as for sale; advertise: to cry one's wares.</li><li>to beg or plead for; implore: to cry mercy.</li><li>to bring (oneself) to a specified state by weeping: The infant cried itself to sleep.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.</li><li>clamor; outcry.</li><li>a fit of weeping: to have a good cry.</li><li>the utterance or call of an animal.</li><li>a political or party slogan.</li><li>battle cry.</li><li>an oral proclamation or announcement.</li><li>a call of wares for sale, services available, etc., as by a street vendor.</li><li>public report.</li><li>an opinion generally expressed.</li><li>an entreaty; appeal.</li><li>Fox Hunting: a pack of hounds.</li><li>a continuous baying of a hound or a pack in following a scent.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to break a promise, agreement, etc.: We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute.</li><li>to praise; extol: to cry up one's profession.</li><li>to disparage; belittle: Those people cry down everyone who differs from them.</li></ul>