cry

to utter loudly, shout.

The first known use: in the 13th century

Word Structure

3 Letters, 1 Syllable

cry


3 Phonemes

k r I


onset, rime

cr y


Morpheme

cry


Sentence Examples

The baby is crying.

Some people cry more easily than others.

She was crying with relief.

I heard someone cry โ€œWait!โ€ but the train pulled away anyway.

Common Phrases

rallying cry

cry out

war cry

Neighborhoods

Rhymes

buy

by

dry

eye

fly

guy

high

I

lie

Onset Friends

can

could

come

came

called

keep

car

cat

cold




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