cry
Because it is a word with a single syllable, cry is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcry
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
Example: "After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry."
- A shout or scream.
Example: "I heard a cry from afar."
- Words shouted or screamed.
Example: "a battle cry"
- A clamour or outcry.
- A group of hounds.
- (by extension) A pack or company of people.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
Example: ""Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse."
- A desperate or urgent request.
- Common report; gossip.
- To shed tears; to weep.
Example: "That sad movie always makes me cry."
- To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- To shout, scream, yell.
- To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
Example: "Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep."
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
Example: "to cry goods"
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
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