bray
Meaning of bray
noun
- the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule.
the mule uttered its insane bray
- (of a donkey or mule) utter a bray.
the donkey brayed and kicked
Middle English: from Old French brait ‘a shriek’, braire ‘to cry’ (the original senses in English), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin.
verb- pound or crush (something) to small pieces, typically with a pestle and mortar.
the kernels of this fruit the Arabs bray in a mortar
late Middle English: from Old French breier, of Germanic origin; related to break1.
Information about bray
- The plural form of bray is: braies.
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Hyphenation of bray
bray
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- bray is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bray synonyms
Meaning grind:
grind, mash, crunch, comminute
Meaning (of a horse) utter a neigh:
Meaning (of a horse) make a whinny:
Meaning the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse:
Translation of bray
- German: aufschneiden, prahlen, angeben, brüsten, protzen, bramarbasieren, prunken, hochstapeln, renommieren, großtun
- Spanish: fanfarronear, presumir, alardear, jactarse, creerse
- Italian: ostentare, esibirsi
Anagrams of bray
Words that rhyme with bray
Bray, abray, chambray, upbray, Charbray, overbray, outbray, Mowbray
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