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weep
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As a verb, weep means cry. As a noun, it means a session of crying.
Meanings of weep
10 meaningsverb
To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.
To lament; to complain.
To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation.
medicineof a woundsoreTo produce secretions.
To flow in drops; to run in drops.
“a weeping spring, which discharges water slowly”
To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches.
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteTo weep over; to bewail.
noun
A session of crying.
“Sometimes you just have to have a good weep.”
A sob.
A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).