Definition of bray - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
animal soundintr. make a loud harsh sound like a donkeyintr.
- The donkey brayed loudly in the field.
2.
human soundintr. speak or laugh in a loud harsh wayintr.
- He brayed with laughter at the joke.
3.
processingtr. Rare crush or grind something into small piecestr. Rare
- He used a mortar and pestle to bray the spices..
Noun
1.
animalloud harsh sound of a donkey
- The farmer woke up to the bray of his donkey..
2.
noiseharsh or discordant sound
- The bray of the old engine was deafening.
Expressions with bray
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ballad about a vicar's changing faith
The Vicar of Bray is a famous English ballad.
Origin of bray
Middle English, brayen (to cry out)
Examples of bray in a sentence
Hearing the bray, the farmer rushed to the barn. The politician brayed his opinions, ignoring the crowd's disapproval. She brayed with delight at the unexpected gift. Farmers bray the grains to make flour. They had to bray the herbs for the recipe. The bray echoed through the valley.
She could hear the bray from miles away. The bray of the donkey echoed in the valley. I heard the bray of laughter from the next room.
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- French:braire, braiment, ...
- German:schreien, Schrei, ...
- Italian:ragliare, raglio, ...
- Spanish:rebuznar, rebuzno, ...
- Portuguese:zurrar, zurro, ...
- Chinese:嘶叫, 吼叫, ...
- Japanese:鳴く, 鳴き声, ...
- Arabic:نَهَقَ, نَهِيق, ...
- Hebrew:לְהַשְׁמִיעַ קוֹל חֲמוֹרִי, נְעִירַת חֲמוֹר, ...
- Russian:реветь, рев, ...
- Ukrainian:ревіти, ревіння, ...
- Hindi:रेंकना, गधे की आवाज, ...
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