bray
1the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
any similar loud, harsh sound.
to utter a loud and harsh cry, as a donkey.
to make a loud, harsh, disagreeable sound.
to utter with a loud, harsh sound, like a donkey.
Origin of bray
1Words that may be confused with bray
- braid, brayed
Other definitions for bray (2 of 2)
to pound or crush fine, as in a mortar.
Printing. to thin (ink) on a slate before placing on the ink plate of a press.
Origin of bray
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How to use bray in a sentence
It meant spending hours over expensive steak dinners and fine scotch, braying about how much money you made.
There are no general calls for revenge attacks, there are no mass demonstrations braying for Arab blood.
Peter Beinart’s Bias Against Me, Cory Booker, and Israel | Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | June 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlready, the conservative media is braying for their names and setting up justifications for identifying them.
Palin is a beauty-queen Elmer Gantry, outdoing Stephen Colbert in cheesy, braying nationalism.
She dispenses facts like a braying machine, bobble-nodding a head of hyper-lacquered hair.
The heedless chatter of the ladies, the braying laughs of the men-at-arms, were a little chilled.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisI must fain eat and drink; let me at least refrain from braying.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordSo she ate of it, and like the others ran off into the court braying away.
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm“A metal weight for attachment to the tail of a donkey to keep him from braying,” was the answer.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceHe was a big, raw-boned, hulking fellow from New Hampshire, and his laugh was like the braying of a mule.
Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
British Dictionary definitions for bray (1 of 2)
/ (breɪ) /
(intr) (of a donkey) to utter its characteristic loud harsh sound; heehaw
(intr) to make a similar sound, as in laughing: he brayed at the joke
(tr) to utter with a loud harsh sound
the loud harsh sound uttered by a donkey
a similar loud cry or uproar: a bray of protest
Origin of bray
1Derived forms of bray
- brayer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for bray (2 of 2)
/ (breɪ) /
(tr) to distribute (ink) over printing type or plates
(tr) to pound into a powder, as in a mortar
Northern English dialect to hit or beat (someone or something) hard; bang
Origin of bray
2Derived forms of bray
- brayer, noun
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