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# weep

«weep» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (weep, weeps, wept, weeping); noun (a weep — rare, informal: «a good weep»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#m1)

2) (of a wound or surface) To let out a slow drip of liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#m2)

3) (Bible, literature) To cry in grief; «Jesus wept» is the shortest verse in many English Bibles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

«Weep» is a more serious or old-fashioned word for «cry», used in stories, poems and the Bible; in everyday talk children say «cry». It tells the reader someone is deeply sad. «Weep for joy» means crying because you are happy. In the UK «Jesus wept!» is also said as a mild swear when annoyed, which some Christians find rude. Phrases: «weep for joy», «weep over», «it makes you weep».

### examples

- The princess began to weep when she lost her ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x1)
- She wept for joy when her dad came home from the army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x2)
- The old man wept at his wife's funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x3)
- In the Bible, Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x4)
- The cut on my knee was weeping a little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x5)
- It's enough to make you weep — the whole homework got deleted! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x6)
- Then he would sigh and weep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/#x7)

### note

Irregular: weep → wept (not «weeped»). Weep is more formal or literary than cry. «Jesus wept!» as an exclamation is mild swearing (UK, Australia); avoid it in school.

### In the corpora

- [Joseph revealed himself, wept and forgave his brothers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/15/)
- [At the tomb of his friend Lazarus «Jesus wept», and then he called Lazarus back to life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/15/)
- [Christians treasure «Jesus wept» because it shows Jesus shares people's sadness when someone dies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/16/)
- [Peter said three times that he did not know Jesus; then the cock crowed and he wept.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/14/)
- [Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weep» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weep/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.