Weep
Weep is a verb with two common senses. The primary meaning is to shed tears, or to cry, typically in response to sadness, grief, pain, or sometimes joy. Intransitive use is most typical: for example, “She began to weep.” The verb can also be used figuratively to express intense emotion or regret, as in “they weep for their lost time.” The present tense forms are weep and weeps; the past tense and past participle are wept; the present participle is weeping.
A second sense of weep describes the gradual leakage or exudation of liquid through small openings or
The word also enters figurative and descriptive language in culture and literature, where weeping is used to
Weep is connected to the related noun and adjective forms used in various phrases, such as weeping
Grammatically, weep follows irregular verb forms: present weep/weeps, past tense wept, and past participle wept. See