braying
Meaning of braying
- (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, gerund or present participle- 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 braying
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of braying
bray-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- braying is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
braying synonyms
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:
Words that rhyme with braying
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