"cry down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cry down.ogg [Australia] Forms: cries down [present, singular, third-person], crying down [participle, present], cried down [participle, past], cried down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry down (third-person singular simple present cries down, present participle crying down, simple past and past participle cried down)
  1. (transitive, archaic) Publicly to forbid or suppress (something). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-cry_down-en-verb-1xwSbiV0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 23 21 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 64 19 17
  2. (archaic, transitive, idiomatic) To condemn, disparage. Tags: archaic, idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: downcry
    Sense id: en-cry_down-en-verb-5FwlCVV4
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic, of a baby) To cry until it is tired. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cry_down-en-verb-96QC79Ry

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cry down meaning in English (2.2kB)

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