shed a tear

shed a tear

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛdəˈtɪə/

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Verb

shed a tear (third-person singular simple present sheds a tear, present participle shedding a tear, simple past and past participle shed a tear)

1. (idiomatic) To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness)
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) To take a dram, or glass of spirits.
   • 1848, Thomas Frost, Paul the Poacher (page 118)

     Now, in coming down here, I journeyed part of the way with a jolly old cock, who shed a tear with me every time the coach stopped […]

Synonyms

• (cry): See also Thesaurus:weep

Related terms

• shed tears

Translations

to cry

Bashkir: йәш түгеү (yäş tügew), илау (ilaw) Cherokee: ᎠᏦᏱᎭ (atsoyiha) Cheyenne: -a'xaame Chinese: Mandarin: 流淚／流泪 (zh) (liúlèi) Cornish: devera dagrow Finnish: vuodattaa kyyneleitä, itkeä (fi) Galician: lagrimexar (gl), chorar (gl) German: seine Tränen nicht zurückhalten können Greek: Ancient: δακρύω (dakrúō) Icelandic: fella tár, tárast (is) Jamaican Creole: cry eyewater Japanese: 涙を流す (なみだをながす, namida o nagasu) Latin: fleō (la) Ojibwe: mawi Old English: grēotan Polish: uronić łzę Russian: прослези́ться (ru) pf (proslezítʹsja), лить слёзы impf (litʹ sljózy), пролива́ть слёзы impf (prolivátʹ sljózy) Sanskrit: रोदिति (sa) (roditi) Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎋𐎊 (bky), 𐎄𐎎𐎓 (dmʿ)

References

• (take a dram): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary