Definition of brays Brays
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What does brays mean?
Wiktionary 
- brays (Noun)
Plural of bray.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: brays |
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| bray - the cry of an ass | ||
| cry a fit of weeping; "had a good cry" | ||
Verb |
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| bray - laugh loudly and harshly | ||
| express joy, express mirth, laugh produce laughter | ||
| bray - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" | ||
| grind, mash, crunch, comminute | ||
| fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly | ||
| 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" | ||
| bray - braying characteristic of donkeys | ||
| hee-haw | ||
| let loose, emit, let out, utter expel (gases or odors) | ||
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Wiktionary
- bray (Noun)
The cry of an ass or donkey. - bray (Noun)
The cry of a camel. - bray (Noun)
Any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. - bray (Verb)
Of a donkey, to make its cry. - bray (Verb)
Of a camel, to make its cry. - bray (Verb)
To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray. - bray (Verb)
To crush or pound, especially with a mortar.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bray (v. t.)
To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. - bray (v. i.)
To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. - bray (v. i.)
To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. - bray (v. t.)
To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. - bray (n.)
The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. - bray (n.)
A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bray
To show off.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bray
brā, v.t. to break, pound, or grind small, as in a mortar.—n. Bray′er, an instrument to grind or spread ink in printing. [O. Fr. breier (Fr. broyer); It. brigare.] -
bray
brā, n. the cry of the ass: any harsh grating sound.—v.i. to cry like an ass: to give forth harsh sounds, esp. of the trumpet.—ns. Bray′er, one who brays like an ass; Bray′ing, the noise of an ass: any harsh noise.—adj. making a harsh noise. [O. Fr. brai, brait; braire—Low L. bragire, prob. of Celt. origin.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bray
To beat and bruise in a mortar.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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bray
A small town in the department of Seine-et-Marne, France; it was occupied by the allies, February 12, 1814.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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bray
A vicar of Bray; one who frequently changes his principles, always siding with the strongest party: an allusion to a vicar of Bray, in Berkshire, commemorated in a well-known ballad for the pliability of his conscience.
