bleat

bleat  (blt)

n.

1.

a. The characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.

b. A sound similar to this cry.

2. A whining, feeble complaint.

v. bleat·ed, bleat·ing, bleats

v.intr.

1. To utter the characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.

2. To utter a sound similar to this cry, especially a whine.

v.tr.

To utter in a whining way.

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[Middle English blet, from bleten, to bleat, from Old English bltan.]

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bleater n.

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bleat

Verb

1. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) to utter its plaintive cry

2. to whine

Noun

1. the characteristic cry of sheep, goats, and calves

2. a weak complaint or whine [Old English blǣtan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bleat - the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	bleat - talk whiningly kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
	2.	bleat - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" baa, blat, blate let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

Translations

bleat [bliːt] vi → balar

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bleat [bliːt] n → bêlement m

vi → bêler

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bleat [bliːt] vi (goat) → meckern;

(sheep) → blöken

n → Meckern nt; Blöken nt

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bleat [bliːt] vi → belare

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bleat

v bleat [bliːt]

to make the noise of a sheep, lamb or goat The lamb bleated for its mother. blêr يَثْغو блея mečet, bečet bræge blöken βελάζω balar määgima, mökitama بع بع کردن määkiä bêler לִפְעוֹת मिमियाना blejati, meketati béget mengembik jarma belare (羊などが) メーと鳴く 울다 bliauti, mekenti blēt mengembek blaten breke beczeć balir a behăi блеять bečať, mečať blejati meketati bräka ทำเสียงร้องเหมือนแกะหรือแพะ melemek (羊)叫 бекати, мекати بھیڑ ، میمنے کی آواز kêu bebe （羊）叫