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cry (KRIGH) (verb)
To sob or to shed tears because of grief, sorrow, or pain; to weep: After Christie's cat died, she went to her room to cry in private.
cry (KRIGH) (verb)
To call out loudly or to shout: Rebbeca fell and injured her leg, causing her to cry out for help.
When Percy was lost in the woods, he stopped frequently to cry out or to shout for help. Apparently no one could hear him, so he started to cry because he was afraid he would never get out alive.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“cry”
1. A loud, noisy uproar demonstrated by a gathering of many people: A great hue and cry went up from the striking union members.
2. Etymology: from legal Anglo-Norman (the French imported to England by William the Conqueror and used there as the official language for several hundred years following 1066): hu, "outcry" + e, "and" + cri, "cry"; the outcry calling to help pursue a felon.
2. Etymology: from legal Anglo-Norman (the French imported to England by William the Conqueror and used there as the official language for several hundred years following 1066): hu, "outcry" + e, "and" + cri, "cry"; the outcry calling to help pursue a felon.
Over the years, hu e cri became hue and cry in English.
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English Words in Action, Group H
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