Definition of cried verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
"Cryed" is an incorrect spelling, while "Cried" is the correct past tense of the verb "cry," meaning to shed tears.
The meaning of CRY is to utter loudly : shout. How to use cry in a sentence.
CRIED definition: simple past tense and past participle of cry. See examples of cried used in a sentence.
Define cried. cried synonyms, cried pronunciation, cried translation, English dictionary definition of cried. v. Past tense and past participle of cry. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin...
I opened my eyes, feeling dazed and exhausted and I stared out the window as the rain cried down the panes.
Shouting & screaming (Definition of cried from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
We made arrangements to purchase a house, but the owner cried off at the last minute. Idioms cry one's eyes or heart out, to cry excessively or inconsolably: The little girl cried her eyes out when her cat died.
In the case of the past tense of cry, the letter preceding the y is a consonant, so based on the principle, the y changes to i, which is why cried is the only correct past tense of cry.
Definition Cried is the past tense of the verb ‘cry,’ which means to shed tears as a result of strong emotion, typically sadness or pain.