Weeping
Weeping , noun
The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Weeping , adjective
1.
Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
Weeping eyes.
2.
Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
Weeping grounds.
3.
Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
4.
Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
Collocations (4)
Weeping cross , a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence.
Weeping rock , a porous rock from which water gradually issues.
Weeping sinew , a ganglion. See Ganglion, n., 2. [Colloquial]
Weeping spring , a spring that discharges water slowly.