bleat

Speech parts

1. bleat - Noun

2. bleat - Adjective

3. bleat - Verb

Meaning

To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

baa whine moan blat kvetch whinge blate bay moo squawk bellow baas pule call carp
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Antonyms

howl agreement approval acceptance harmony praise
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Hypernyms

plain kick emit cry utter complain

Derivatives

bleated bleating

Anagrams

ablet table blate belta Taleb

Examples

Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security. Norman Vincent Peale

Once we roared like lions for liberty now we bleat like sheep for security The solution for America's problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom nobody stands in control but God. Norman Vincent Peale

A sheep cannot bleat in two different places at the same time. Tanzanian Proverb

Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats. Malay Proverb

The sheep that bleat the most give the least milk. Danish Proverb

The lambs were bleating Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Blease Bleaseite Bleasite bleater bleating bleating tree frog