bray

[bray]

The cry of an ass

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To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

Noun
the cry of an ass

Verb
laugh loudly and harshly

Verb
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

Verb
braying characteristic of donkeys

v. t.
To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

v. i.
To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

v. i.
To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

v. t.
To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

n.
The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

n.
A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.

Bray

Bray , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Braying.] [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break.] 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.

Bray

Bray, v. i. [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.

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.

Heard ye the din of battle bray?

Bray

Bray, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord.

And varying notes the war pipes brayed.

Bray

Bray, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

The bray and roar of multitudinous London.

Bray

Bray, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. brw eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. br yebrow. See Brow.] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.

To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.

A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.

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