bray

Speech parts

1. bray - Noun

2. bray - Verb

3. Bray - Proper noun

Meaning

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hee-haw bellow howl cry grind roar mash yell crunch comminute bay crow coo caw mill
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Antonyms

answer silence whisper shut up poop pe
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Hypernyms

fragment emit cry laugh utter break-up

Hyponyms

mill pulp pestle

Derivatives

brayed braying

Anagrams

Brya Raby Ryba yarb

Examples

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down. George Eliot

For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues. Sophocles

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him. George Herbert

Asses that bray most eat least. German Proverb

Every ass loves to hear himself bray. English Proverb

When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Braxton Hicks Braxton-Hicks contraction braxy Brayboy Braybrooke Brayden