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Bray

Bray Meaning & Definition
Bray Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bray?

[n] the cry of an ass
[v] laugh loudly and harshly
[v] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
[v] braying characteristic of donkeys

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bray: comminute | crunch | grind | hee-haw | mash

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bray: abrade | atomize | bark | bawl | bay | beat | beep | belch | bell | bellow | blare | blast | blat | blate | bleat | blow | blow the horn | blubber | boom | breathe | brecciate | buck | bugle | burr | buzz | cackle | call | caterwaul | caw | chant | chirp | chirr | clang | clangor | clank | clarion | clash | comminute | contriturate | coo | craunch | croak | crow | crumb | crumble | crump | crunch | crush | cry | disintegrate | drawl | exclaim | fanfare | flour | flourish of trumpets | flute | fragment | gasp | give tongue | give voice | grain | granulate | granulize | grate | grind | grind to powder | groan | growl | grumble | grunt | hiss | honk | howl | jangle | jar | keen | levigate | lilt | low | mash | meow | mew | mewl | miaow | mill | moo | mumble | murmur | mutter | neigh | nicker | pant | peal | pestle | pipe | pound | powder | pule | pulverize | rasp | reduce to powder | roar | rumble | scranch | scrape | scratch | screak | scream | screech | scrunch | shard | shred | shriek | sibilate | sigh | sing | smash | snap | snarl | snore | snort | sob | sound | sound a tattoo | sound taps | squall | squash | squawk | squeak | squeal | tantara | tantarara | taps | tarantara | tattoo | thunder | toot | tootle | triturate | troat | trumpet | trumpet blast | trumpet call | twang | tweedle | ululate | wail | warble | whicker | whine | whinny | whisper | whistle | wind | yap | yawl | yawp | yell | yelp | yip | yowl

See Also | break up | cry | emit | express joy | express mirth | fragment | fragmentise | fragmentize | laugh | let loose | let out | mill | pestle | pulp | utter

Bray In Webster's Dictionary

\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. --Prov. xxvii. 22.
\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. --Dryden. 2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. Heard ye the din of battle bray? --Gray.
\Bray\, v. t. 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. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
\Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br?w 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.

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