weep

weep
1. intransitive verb,
wept
1) weinen

weep with or for joy/rage — vor Freude/Zorn weinen

weep for somebody/something — um jemanden/etwas weinen

it makes you want to weep — man könnte weinen

2) [Wunde:] nässen
2. transitive verb,
wept
1) weinen [Tränen]
2) (lament over) beweinen
* * *
[wi:p]
past tense, past participle - wept; verb
(to shed tears: She wept when she heard the terrible news; They wept tears of happiness.) weinen
* * *
weep
[wi:p]
I. vi
<wept, wept>
1. (also liter: cry) weinen; (sob) schluchzen
to \weep with joy/sorrow vor Freude/Kummer weinen
to \weep inconsolably/uncontrollably hemmungslos/unkontrolliert weinen [o schluchzen
2. (secrete liquid) nässen
3.
▶ laugh and the world laughs with you, \weep and you \weep alone (saying) Freunde in der Not gehen tausend auf ein Lot prov
II. vt
<wept, wept>
to \weep tears of joy/sorrow Freudentränen/Tränen des Kummers weinen
it's not worth \weeping even a single tear over him es lohnt sich nicht, ihm auch nur eine Träne nachzuweinen
to \weep crocodile tears (fig) Krokodilstränen weinen [o vergießen
III. n no pl (liter) Weinen nt
to have a [good] \weep sich akk [ordentlich] ausweinen
* * *
[wiːp] vb: pret, ptp wept
1. vi
1) (person) weinen (over über +acc)

to weep for sb/sth (because sb/sth is missed) — um jdn/etw weinen; (out of sympathy) für jdn/etw weinen

the child was weeping for his mother — das Kind weinte nach seiner Mutter

to weep with or for joy/with rage — vor or aus Freude/Wut weinen

I wept to hear the news — mir kamen die Tränen, als ich die Nachricht hörte

2) (wound, cut etc) tränen, nässen
2. vt
tears weinen
3. n

to have a good/little weep — tüchtig/ein bisschen weinen

* * *
weep [wiːp]
A v/i prät und pperf wept [wept]
1. weinen (for, with vor dat; for um jemanden):
weep for joy auch Freudentränen vergießen oder weinen;
weep at (oder over) weinen über (akk);
don’t make me weep iron mir kommen gleich die Tränen!
2. tropfen, tröpfeln
3. MED nässen (Wunde etc)
B v/t
1. Tränen vergießen, weinen:
weep o.s. to sleep sich in den Schlaf weinen; → academic.ru/9376/bucket">bucket A 1, eye A 1, heart Bes Redew
2. auch weep out etwas unter Tränen sagen
3. beweinen
4. ein Sekret etc absondern, Harz etc auch ausschwitzen
C s Weinen n:
have a good weep sich ausweinen
* * *
1. intransitive verb,
wept
1) weinen

weep with or for joy/rage — vor Freude/Zorn weinen

weep for somebody/something — um jemanden/etwas weinen

it makes you want to weep — man könnte weinen

2) [Wunde:] nässen
2. transitive verb,
wept
1) weinen [Tränen]
2) (lament over) beweinen
* * *
v.
(§ p.,p.p.: wept)
= flennen v.
weinen v.

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