Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cry

 I. verb  (cried; ~ing)  Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo-French crier, from Latin quiritare to make a public out~, perhaps from Quirit-, Quiris, Roman citizen  Date: 13th century  transitive verb  1. to utter loudly ; shout  2. archaic beg, beseech  3. to proclaim publicly ; advertise ~ their wares  intransitive verb  1. to call loudly ; shout  2. to shed tears often noisily ; weep, sob  3. to utter a characteristic sound or call  4. to require or suggest strongly a remedy or disposition a hundred things which ~ out for planning — Roger Burlingame  II. noun  (plural cries)  Date: 13th century  1. an instance of ~ing: as  a. an inarticulate utterance of distress, rage, or pain  b. obsolete out~, clamor  2.  a. obsolete proclamation  b. plural, Scottish banns  3. entreaty, appeal a ~ for help  4. a loud shout  5. watchword, slogan  6.  a. common report  b. a general opinion  7. the public voice raised in protest or approval  8. a fit of weeping  9. the characteristic sound or call of an animal  10.  a. a pack of hounds  b.  (1) pursuit — used in the phrase in full ~ hounds in full ~  (2) a peak of activity or excitement — used in the phrase in full ~ a campaign in full ~