- 1[intransitive, transitive] (formal or literary) to cry, usually because you are sad She started to weep uncontrollably. I could have wept thinking about what I'd missed. weep for/with something He wept for joy. weep at/over something I do not weep over his death. weep something She wept bitter tears of disappointment. weep to do something I wept to see him looking so sick. + speech “I'm so unhappy!” she wept.
- 2[intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses) (of a wound) to produce liquid His legs were covered with weeping sores (= sores that had not healed).
weep
verbNAmE//wip//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they weep he / she / it weeps
past simple wept
-ing form weeping
Check pronunciation: weep