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BRAY
bray
(noun) the cry of an ass
bray
(verb) laugh loudly and harshly
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; “grind the spices in a mortar”; “mash the garlic”
bray, hee-haw
(verb) braying characteristic of donkeys
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Bray
A surname.
A village in Berkshire, England
Anagrams
• Raby, Ryba, bary-, yarb
Etymology 1
Verb
bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
Synonyms: blore (archaic, dialectal), hee-haw (ass or donkey)
(intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
(transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
Noun
bray (plural brays)
The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
Synonym: hee-haw (ass or donkey)
(by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
Etymology 2
Verb
bray (third-person singular simple present brays, present participle braying, simple past and past participle brayed)
(transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
(transitive, Britain, chiefly, Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
Anagrams
• Raby, Ryba, bary-, yarb
Source: Wiktionary
Bray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Braying.] Etym: [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break.]
Definition: To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22.
Bray, v. i. Etym: [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.]
1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden.
2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. Heard ye the din of battle bray Gray.
Bray, v. t.
Definition: To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. MIlton. And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott.
Bray, n.
Definition: The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold.
Bray, n. Etym: [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. brBrow.]
Definition: A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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