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The word 'crying' is the present participle, present tense of the verb to cry. The present participle of the verb is also an adjective and a gerund (verbal noun).

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verb: The boy was crying because he'd dropped his ice cream in the dirt.

adjective: The woman picked up the crying baby and began to rock him.

noun: You can solve the problem faster by thinking than by crying.

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