Cry vs False - What's the difference?
cry | false |
To shed tears; to weep.
To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
* Shakespeare
* Bunyan
(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 46
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
* Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 9
* Shakespeare
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
* Crashaw
Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
* Judd
A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
A shout or scream.
Words shouted or screamed.
(collectively) A group of hounds.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
* Shakespeare
(ambitransitive, of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
A desperate or urgent request.
(obsolete) Common report; gossip.
* Shakespeare
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a verb cry
is to shed tears; to weep.As a noun cry
is a shedding of tears; the act of crying.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.cry
English
Verb
(en-verb)- That sad movie always makes me cry .
- All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I'll speak.
- The man ran on, crying , Life! life! Eternal life!
- And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.
- the young ravens which cry
- In a cowslip's bell I lie / There I couch when owls do cry .
- to cry oneself to sleep
- to cry goods
- Love is lost, and thus she cries him.
- I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.
Synonyms
* weep * See also * See alsoAntonyms
* laughDerived terms
* crybaby * cry in one's beer * cry like a baby * cry one's eyes out * cry off * cry out * cry someone a river * cry the blues * cry wolf * don't cry over spilt milk * kiss and cryNoun
(cries)- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry .
- I heard a cry from afar.
- a battle cry
- A cry more tunable / Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn.
- (Milton)
- Would not this get me a fellowship in a cry of players?
- "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
- The cry goes that you shall marry her.
Derived terms
* battle cry * hue and cry * war crySee also
* breastfeeding * crocodile tearsReferences
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English
Adjective
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