Weeping word meaning and definition

[noun] the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
[adjective] showing sorrow

\Weep"ing\, n. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
\Weep"ing\, a. 1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. ``Weeping eyes.'' --I. Watts. 2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. ``Weeping grounds.'' --Mortimer. 3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash. 4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. {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. [Colloq.] {Weeping spring}, a spring that discharges water slowly. {Weeping willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix Babylonica}) whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.

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