About The Word Bleat
Learn about the word Bleat to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Bleat definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Bleat
| Bleat Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Bleat?
[n] the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
[v] cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [v] talk whiningly Synonyms | Synonyms for Bleat: baa | blat | blate Related Terms | Find terms related to Bleat: bark | bawl | bay | beef | bell | bellow | bellyache | bitch | blare | blat | blate | blow off | bray | call | caterwaul | crab | cry | fuss | give tongue | give voice | howl | low | meow | mew | mewl | miaow | moo | neigh | nicker | pule | roar | screak | scream | screech | squall | squawk | squeak | squeal | troat | ululate | wail | whicker | whine | whinny | yammer | yap | yawl | yawp | yelp | yip | yowl See Also | complain | cry | emit | kick | kvetch | let loose | let out | plain | quetch | sound off | utter Bleat In Webster's Dictionary \Bleat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bleated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bleating}.] [OE. bleten, AS. bl?tan; akin to D. blaten,
bleeten, OHG. bl[=a]zan, pl[=a]zan; prob. of imitative
origin.]
To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry
like a sheep or calf.
Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox,
to bleat the woolly train. --Pope
The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will
never answer a calf when he bleats. --Shak.
\Bleat\, n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. The bleat of fleecy sheep. --Chapman's Homer. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Mill-hand ‐ a workman in a mill…
- Angularity ‐ the property possessed by a shape that has angles [n] a shape…
- Seasonably ‐ at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [adv] in…
- Nabalus ‐ genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes…
- Invigilation ‐ (British) keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent…
- Drop line ‐ a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines…
- Rave-up ‐ (British) a raucous…
- Oregon ‐ a state in northwestern United States on…
- Kinaesthesis ‐ the ability to feel movements of the…
- Sewed ‐ fastened…