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weep·ing
(wē′pĭng)adj.
1. Shedding tears; tearful.
2. Dropping rain: weeping clouds.
3. Having slender drooping branches.
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weeping
(ˈwiːpɪŋ)adj
(Botany) (of plants) having slender hanging branches
ˈweepingly adv
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weep•ing
(ˈwi pɪŋ)adj.
1. tearful.
2. dripping or oozing liquid.
3. having slender, drooping branches.
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Noun | 1. | weeping - the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears" bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" |
Adj. | 1. | weeping - showing sorrow sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13 |
2. | weeping - having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms unerect - not upright in position or posture |
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weeping
adjectiveFilled with or shedding tears:
Idiom: in tears.
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