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Dictionary definition for: Crying

1. (n) 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. (s) noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters" "a howling wind" "shouting fans" "the yelling fiend"

3. (s) demanding attention; "clamant needs" "a crying need" "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger" "an instant need"

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