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BLEATING
Verb
bleating
present participle of bleat
Noun
bleating (plural bleatings)
A noise that bleats.
Inane or plaintive chatter.
Anagrams
• belating, tangible
Source: Wiktionary
Bleat"ing, a.
Definition: Crying as a sheep does. Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow.
Bleat"ing, n.
Definition: The cry of, or as of, a sheep. Chapman.
BLEAT
Bleat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleating.] Etym: [OE. bleten, AS. bl; akin to D. blaten, bleeten, OHG. blazan, plazan; prob. of imitative origin.]
Definition: To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. Shak.
Bleat, n.
Definition: A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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