Learn English Irregular Verbsweep /wiːp/
- 1 to cry, usually because you are sad:
My brothers and sisters were weeping and waving as the train pulled away from the depot.
I stood in my hotel room with the remote still in my hand, and wept like a baby.
She wept bitterly over his failure and sin.
He wept for all that would no longer happen. - 2 if a wound weeps, liquid comes out of it:
The sore is still weeping a lot so you'll have to change the dressing once a day.
Past simple
- wept /wept/
- weeped
Past participle
- wept /wept/
- weeped
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