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

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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

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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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