Cry

v. i.	1.	To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. [imp. & p. p. Cried (krīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. - Matt. xxvii. 46. Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. - Shak. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. - Ps. xxviii. 2. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. - Is. xl. 3. Some cried after him to return. - Bunyan.
	2.	To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. - Is. lxv. 14. I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. - Shak.
	3.	To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals. The young ravens which cry. - Ps. cxlvii. 9. In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. - Shak. To cry on to call upon the name of; to beseech. To cry out a - To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. - Shak. b - To complain loudly; to lament. To cry out against to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame. To cry out on to denounce; to censure. To cry to to call on in prayer; to implore. - Shak. To cry you mercy to beg your pardon. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. - Shak. The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! - Bunyan.
	2.	To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
	3.	To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc. Love is lost, and thus she cries him. - Crashaw.
	4.	to publish the banns of, as for marriage. I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath. - Judd. To cry aim See under Aim. To cry down to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn. Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it. - Tillotson.
n.	1.	A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
	2.	Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand. Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever. - Macaulay.
	3.	Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land. - Ex. xi. 6. An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry. - Tennyson.
	4.	Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. The cry went once on thee. - Shak.
	5.	Importunate supplication. O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. - Shak.
	6.	Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. The street cries of London. - Mayhew.
	7.	Common report; fame. The cry goes that you shall marry her. - Shak.
	8.	A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories. All now depends upon a good cry. - Beaconsfield.
	9.	A pack of hounds. A cry more tunable Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn. - Shak.
	10.	A pack or company of persons; - in contempt. Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players? - Shak.
	11.	The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth. A far cry a long distance; - in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

Noun	1.	cry - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" Synonyms: outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call
	2.	cry - a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" Synonyms: yell
	3.	cry - a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" Synonyms: rallying cry, war cry, watchword, battle cry
	4.	cry - a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
	5.	cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	cry - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" Synonyms: scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call
	2.	cry - shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs" Synonyms: weep Antonyms: express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter
	3.	cry - utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" Synonyms: call out, cry out, exclaim, outcry, shout
	4.	cry - proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a town cryer would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square" Synonyms: blazon out
	5.	cry - demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for attention"
	6.	cry - utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
	7.	cry - bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep"

To dream that you are crying, signifies a release of negative emotions that is more likely caused by some waking situation rather than the events of the dream itself. Your dream is a way to regain some emotional balance and a way to safely let out your fears and frustrations. In our daily lives, we tend to ignore, deny, or repress our feelings. But in our dream state, our defence mechanisms are no longer on guard and thus allow for the release of such emotions. To wake up crying, suggest the grieving of your soul and that you need to change your ways and how you approach things.PR, adjuration, advertise, alleluia, animal noise, appeal, applaud, applause, ballyhoo, bark, barking, battle cry, bawling, bay, bell, bellow, bemoan, beseechment, bewail, bid, birdcall, blare, blare forth, blat, blate, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, bleat, blubber, blubbering, blurb, boohoo, bray, break down, bright light, bruit, build up, burst into tears, buzz, byword, call, canard, catch phrase, catchword, caterwaul, caw, celebrate, celebrity, cheer, choke up, chorus of cheers, clamor, clang, cliche, common knowledge, common talk, craze, cry aloud, cry for joy, cry out, crying, currency, daylight, declaim, dissolve in tears, dolorous tirade, drop a tear, eclat, entreaty, exposure, fad word, fame, famousness, fit of crying, flood of tears, flying rumor, furore, give a cheer, give tongue, give voice, glare, good cry, gossip, grapevine, greet, groan, grunt, hail, hallelujah, halloo, hearsay, herald, herald abroad, holler, hollo, hoopla, hooray, hoot, hosanna, howl, howling, hue and cry, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, idea afloat, imploration, imploring, imprecation, invocation, invocatory plea, jeremiad, keen, lachryma, lachrymosity, lacrimatory, lament, latrine rumor, limelight, low, make an outcry, mating call, maximum dissemination, melting mood, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moan, mode, moo, motto, mourn, murmur, mutter, neigh, news stirring, nicker, note, notoriety, obsecration, obtestation, on-dit, outcry, overflowing eyes, paean, pet expression, pipe, plaint, planctus, plea, plug, prayer, press notice, press-agent, proclaim, promulgate, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, pule, pushover, rage, rah, rallying cry, reclame, rend the air, report, rogation, roorback, rumble, rumor, screak, screech, scuttlebutt, shed tears, shibboleth, shout hosanna, shriek, sigh, slogan, sniff, snivel, sniveling, sob, sobbing, song, sorrow, split the throat, spotlight, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, strain the voice, stridulation, suit, supplication, talk, tear, tear bottle, teardrop, tearful eyes, tearfulness, tears, thunder, thunder forth, tirade, ton, town talk, trend, troat, trumpet, trumpet forth, ululate, ululation, unconfirmed report, vociferate, vogue, vogue word, wail of woe, war cry, weepiness, weeping, whicker, whimper, whimpering, whine, whinny, whisper, whoop, woodnote, write-up, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yippee

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