| 1. | to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry. |
| 2. | to give forth with or as if with a bleat: He bleated his objections in a helpless rage. |
| 3. | to babble; prate. |
| 4. | the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf. |
| 5. | any similar sound: the bleat of distant horns. |
| 6. | foolish, complaining talk; babble: I listened to their inane bleat all evening. |
