MEANING
1. To shed tears, usually from strong emotion.
2. Of a surface or wound, to give off liquid slowly.
Use it for
Grief expressed physically, release after restraint, private mourning.Describe an action while allowing its emotional cause to remain complex.
Words that belong together
- weep quietly
- weep for the dead
- weep with relief
On the page
She wept only after the last visitor had gone.
He began to weep with relief when the missing boy appeared.
At the grave, they stood without speaking or weeping.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- weep / weeps
- Past tense
- wept
- Past participle
- wept
- Present participle
- weeping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- weep / weeps
- Present continuous
- am/is/are weeping
- Present perfect
- have/has wept
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been weeping
- Past
- wept
- Past continuous
- was/were weeping
- Past perfect
- had wept
- Past perfect continuous
- had been weeping
- Future
- will weep / weeps
- Future continuous
- will be weeping
- Future perfect
- will have wept
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been weeping
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Often sorrow but also joy or relief; in another sense, a surface can slowly exude liquid. Verb: weep, weeps, wept, wept, weeping.
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