"shed a tear" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɛdəˈtɪə/ Audio: En-au-shed a tear.ogg Forms: sheds a tear [present, singular, third-person], shedding a tear [participle, present], shed a tear [participle, past], shed a tear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shed<,,shed> a tear}} shed a tear (third-person singular simple present sheds a tear, present participle shedding a tear, simple past and past participle shed a tear)
  1. (idiomatic) To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness) Tags: idiomatic Related terms: shed tears Translations (to cry): δακρύω (dakrúō) (Ancient Greek), йәш түгеү (yəş tügew) (Bashkir), илау (ilaw) (Bashkir), ᎠᏦᏱᎭ (atsoyiha) (Cherokee), -a'xaame (Cheyenne), 流淚 (Chinese Mandarin), 流泪 (liúlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), devera dagrow (Cornish), fælde en tåre (Danish), knibe en tåre (Danish), vuodattaa kyyneleitä (Finnish), itkeä (Finnish), lagrimexar (Galician), chorar (Galician), seine Tränen nicht zurückhalten können (German), könnyeket hullat (Hungarian), fella tár (Icelandic), tárast (Icelandic), cry eyewater (Jamaican Creole), 涙を流す (namida o nagasu) (alt: なみだをながす) (Japanese), fleō (Latin), mawi (Ojibwe), grēotan (Old English), آغلامق (ağlamak) (Ottoman Turkish), uronić łzę (Polish), прослези́ться (proslezítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), лить слёзы (litʹ sljózy) [imperfective] (Russian), пролива́ть слёзы (prolivátʹ sljózy) [imperfective] (Russian), रोदिति (roditi) (Sanskrit), 𐎁𐎋𐎊 (bky) (Ugaritic), 𐎄𐎎𐎓 (dmʿ) (Ugaritic)
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  2. (UK, Ireland, slang, obsolete) To take a dram, or glass of spirits. Tags: Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang
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        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɛdəˈtɪə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-shed a tear.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/En-au-shed_a_tear.ogg/En-au-shed_a_tear.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/En-au-shed_a_tear.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yəş tügew",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "йәш түгеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ilaw",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "илау"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "atsoyiha",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "ᎠᏦᏱᎭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "-a'xaame"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "流淚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liúlèi",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "流泪"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "devera dagrow"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "fælde en tåre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "knibe en tåre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "vuodattaa kyyneleitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "itkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "lagrimexar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "chorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "seine Tränen nicht zurückhalten können"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dakrúō",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "δακρύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "könnyeket hullat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "fella tár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "tárast"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "cry eyewater"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なみだをながす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "namida o nagasu",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "涙を流す"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "fleō"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "mawi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "grēotan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ağlamak",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "آغلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "uronić łzę"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proslezítʹsja",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прослези́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "litʹ sljózy",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "лить слёзы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prolivátʹ sljózy",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пролива́ть слёзы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "roditi",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "रोदिति"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "bky",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "𐎁𐎋𐎊"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "dmʿ",
      "sense": "to cry",
      "word": "𐎄𐎎𐎓"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shed a tear"
}

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