{
    "term": "cry",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "cry",
            "heSheIt": "cries"
        },
        "pastSimple": "cried",
        "pastParticiple": "cried",
        "ingForm": "crying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to produce tears from your eyes because you are unhappy or hurt",
            "sensetop": "cry for somebody/somethingcry about/over somethingcry with something+ speech",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's all right. Don't cry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just couldn't stop crying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The little boy fell over and started to cry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was crying for *(= because it wanted)* its mother.",
                    "contextForm": "cry for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing to cry about.",
                    "contextForm": "cry about/over something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt like crying with rage.",
                    "contextForm": "cry with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She threw her arms around his neck crying tears of joy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He started to cry real tears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Waaa!’ she cried.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found him **crying his eyes out** *(= crying very much)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That night she **cried herself to sleep**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Anna was almost crying with frustration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Finally he broke down and cried like a baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put his head on his arms and cried bitterly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt like I wanted to cry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt like crying when I found out what had happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wasn't going to waste time crying over him!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are you crying about?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "children who are left to cry alone"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a lot", "hard", "a little"],
                "verb + cry": ["begin to", "start to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "over"],
                "phrases": [
                    "cry like a baby",
                    "cry your eyes out",
                    "cry yourself to sleep"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to shout loudly",
            "sensetop": "cry for something+ speech",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She ran to the window and cried for help.",
                    "contextForm": "cry for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘You're safe!’ Tom cried in delight.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Never!’ he cried angrily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘What do you mean?’ she cried in agitation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Who's there?’ she cried in a shrill voice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He cried for help as the fire spread."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["aloud", "out", "suddenly"],
                "verb + cry": ["want to", "hear somebody"],
                "preposition": ["in"],
                "phrases": ["cry for help", "cry out in anguish, fear, pain", "etc."]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a loud noise",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Seagulls followed the boat, crying loudly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A pair of eagles cried out to each other as they circled above the trees."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to complain that somebody else has done something wrong or unfair",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to waste time worrying about something that has happened that you cannot do anything about",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As the saying goes—**it's no use crying over spilt milk**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show you are angry or surprised",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "For crying out loud! Why did you have to do that?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to laugh so long and hard that there are tears in your eyes",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be unable to decide how to react to a bad situation",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe a person who listens to your problems and gives you sympathy",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was a fatherly shoulder to cry on when things went wrong."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪ/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/cry__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪz/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/cries__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪd/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/cried__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkraɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/crying__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪ/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/cry__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪz/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/cries__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kraɪd/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/cried__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkraɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "cr/cry/crying__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘ask for earnestly or loudly’): from Old French crier (verb), cri (noun), from Latin quiritare ‘raise a public outcry’, literally ‘call on the Quirites (Roman citizens) for help’."
}