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cry verb G
G
1 to split Syr, JBA, Man.
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--(a) to mangle, chop up Syr.
2 to break through, cleave Syr.
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--(a) to prepare ground for planting Syr.
--(b) to penetrate into a massed gathering Syr.
--(c) to cut open, cut off Syr.
--(d) impersonal : to have something burst out Man.
3 to tear out, rip up Syr, Man, LJLA.
4 fig.: Syr.
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--(a) to ascend up a mountain pass Syr.
--(b) (plow animal) to plow a furrow Syr.
--(c) (star, i.e. meteor or comet) to penetrate brightly through the dark Syr, Man.
--(d) (fish) to swim easily through water Syr.
(d.1) fig.: Syr.
--(e) (bird) to fly through the air Syr.
--(f) to be distressed Sam.
5 to make pass through JBA.
D
1 to tear, rip up (clothing) Syr.
2 to burst something from within JBA.
3 fig. : to show disdain LJLA.
Gt
1 to be split Syr, JBAmb, Man.
2 metaph. Sam, Syr.
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--(a) to doubt Syr.
--(b) to be in distress JLAtg, Sam, Syr.
--(c) to show disdain LJLA.
Dt
1 to be torn apart Syr, JBA, Man.
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--(a) to be ripped up Syr.
--(b) (mountain snow) to be penetrated Syr.
