bray

Speech parts

1. bray - Noun

2. bray - Verb

3. Bray - Proper noun

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

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answer silence whisper shut up poop pe

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fragment emit cry laugh utter break-up

mill pulp pestle

brayed braying

Brya Raby Ryba yarb

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