Weeping

Weep·ing

Weeping

n.
  1. The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.

Weeping

a.
  1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
  2. Discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water.
  3. Having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.
  4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.

Phrases & Compounds
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.
Weeping spring
a spring that discharges water slowly.