2. Noun. (plural of cry) Shouts or screams. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cries
1. cry [v] - See also: cry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cries
Literary usage of Cries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Thus we can readily understand why these harvest cries were so often noted and
compared ... To this day Devonshire reapers utter cries of the same sort, ..."
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"... their cries arising unbroken in a hymn of thanksgiving. Our broken cries and
mournful lays Rise in one eucharistic hymn Are you not weary of ardent ..."
3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1871)
"Imitative Words—Human actions named from sound—Animals' names from cries,
etc.—Musical instruments—Sounds reproduced—Words modified tu adapt sound to ..."
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