Definitions for weeping
ˈwi pɪŋweep·ing

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. crying, weeping, tears(adj)

   the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

   "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"

2. dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping(adj)

   showing sorrow

3. cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping(adj)

   having branches or flower heads that bend downward

   "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weeping(Noun)

   Action of the verb to weep.

   Their constant weepings kept us awake.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weeping

   of Weep

2. Weeping(noun)

   the act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears

3. Weeping(adj)

   grieving; lamenting; shedding tears

4. Weeping(adj)

   discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water

5. Weeping(adj)

   having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash

6. Weeping(adj)

   pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weeping

   The oozing of water in small quantities through the seams of a ship.

How to pronounce weeping?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of weeping in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of weeping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of weeping in a Sentence

1. Prof. F. A. P. Aveling:

   The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laugther, like weeping is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.

2. J. R. R. Tolkien:

   There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.

3. Spun Gold:

   Harry was born into a marriage that was falling apart, and it’s a marriage that played out on the world stage… The dirty laundry is right out there… Then at age 12, he has to walk behind his mother’s coffin in front of 2 billion people watching from around the world. He has to shake the hands of people who are weeping, who haven’t even met his mother. And yet he has to hold it together. Prince Harry (center) with his brother Prince William and father Prince Charles at Princess Diana's funeral. (Reuters) That plays forward to today in terms of why Harry wants to be so protective of Meghan. When the British press were frankly being racist about her arrival to the U.K. and into the royal family, Harry issues a statement essentially saying 'back off.' And they did back off. He couldn’t protect his mother as a 12-year-old boy, but he is determined to protect Meghan. And it comes as no surprise that he and his brother have a big distrust of the media.

4. Proverb:

   Weeping bride, laughing wife; laughing bride, weeping wife.

5. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince:

   One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one allows himself to be tamed.

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