bray

bray ¹  (br)

v. brayed, bray·ing, brays

v.intr.

1. To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.

2. To sound loudly and harshly: The foghorn brayed all night.

v.tr.

To emit (an utterance or a sound) loudly and harshly.

n.

1. The loud, harsh cry of a donkey.

2. A sound resembling that of a donkey: "an endless bray of pointless jocosity" Louis Auchincloss.

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[Middle English braien, from Old French braire, from Vulgar Latin *bragere, of Celtic origin.]

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bray

Verb

1. (of a donkey) to utter its characteristic loud harsh sound

2. to utter something with a loud harsh sound

Noun

1. the loud harsh sound uttered by a donkey

2. a similar loud sound [Old French braire]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bray - the cry of an ass cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	bray - braying characteristic of donkeys hee-haw 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"
	2.	bray - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" comminute, mash, crunch, grind pulp - reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood" pestle - grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic" mill - grind with a mill; "mill grain" fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
	3.	bray - laugh loudly and harshly express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter

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bray

verb 1. neigh, bellow, screech, heehaw

verb 2. roar, trumpet, bellow, hoot

noun 3. neigh, bellow, screech, heehaw

noun 4. roar, cry, shout, bellow, screech, hoot, bawl, harsh sound

Translations

bray [breɪ] n → rebuzno

vi → rebuznar

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bray [breɪ] n → braiement m

vi → braire

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bray [breɪ] vi → schreien

n → (Esels)schrei m

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bray [breɪ] n → raglio

vi → ragliare