"weeping" meaning in English

See weeping in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-weeping.ogg Forms: weepings [plural]
enPR: wēpʹĭng Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} weeping (countable and uncountable, plural weepings)
  1. Action of the verb to weep. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of shedding tears): κλαυθμός (klauthmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), بُكَاء (bukāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), плач (plač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sírás (Hungarian), flētus [masculine] (Latin), липање (lipanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), آغلامه (ağlama) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-weeping-en-noun-Bp7-yVbf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 80 20 Derived forms: come home by weeping cross, weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, weeping ash, weeping birch, weeping fig, weeping rock, weeping snow gum, weeping spring, weeping spruce, weeping tile, weeping tree, weeping willow

Verb

IPA: /ˈwiːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-weeping.ogg
enPR: wēpʹĭng Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} weeping
  1. present participle and gerund of weep Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: weep
    Sense id: en-weeping-en-verb-a3XeOfcv

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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