bray
/bɹeɪ/ verb C2- Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. · Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me.
- To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray. · He threw back his head and brayed with laughter.
- To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
He/she/it brays · Past brayed · Past participle brayed · -ing form braying
Verb forms
- Base form
- bray
- He/she/it
- brays
- Past
- brayed
- Past participle
- brayed
- -ing form
- braying
From the library
When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired.
At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, “I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray.”
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