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  • 51cry — See: FAR CRY, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, HUE AND CRY …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 52cry — See: far cry, for crying out loud, hue and cry …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 53cry — 1. verb 1) Mandy started to cry Syn: weep, shed tears, sob, wail, snivel, whimper; Scottish greet; informal blub, blubber; Brit.; informal grizzle 2) Wait! he cried Syn: c …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 54cry up — transitive verb : to enhance the value or reputation of by public praise : extol will hear him generally cried up as the most attentive and best of brothers Jane Austen * * * cry up To praise • • • Main Entry: ↑cry …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 55cry — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Called or named Example:They cry him wee greetin bugger when he disnae get is ain way …

    English dialects glossary

  • 56cry — [13] Cry comes via Old French crier from Latin quirītāre, which, according to the Roman etymologist Marcus Terentius Varo, meant originally ‘call for the help of the Quirites’. This was a term for those who held the rank of Roman citizen; it is… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 57cry — I. v. a. 1. Exclaim, clamor, call, make an outcry, cry out. 2. Weep, sob, shed tears. 3. Vociferate, shout, hoot, yell, roar, bawl, squall, scream. II. v. a. Proclaim, publish, make public, make proclamation of, blazon, blaze abroad. III. n. 1.… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 58cry — To call out aloud; to proclaim; to publish; to sell at auction. A clamor raised in the pursuit of an escaping felon. See hue and cry …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 59cry — To call out aloud; to proclaim; to publish; to sell at auction. A clamor raised in the pursuit of an escaping felon. See hue and cry …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 60cry — To make oral and public proclamation; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold; public advertisement by outcry, as by hawkers of their wares. Rochester v Close (NY) 35 Hun 208, 210. To weep; to sound the …

    Ballentine's law dictionary