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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bray \bray\, v. i. oe brayen, f. braire to bray, of. braire to
cry, fr. ll. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the celtic and akin
to e. break; or perh. of imitative origin.
1913 webster
1. to utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
1913 webster
laugh, and they
return it louder than an ass can bray. --dryden.
1913 webster
2. to make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
1913 webster
heard ye the din of battle bray? --gray.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bray \bray\ br=a, v. t. imp. p. p. brayed br=ad; p.
pr. vb. n. braying. oe. brayen, of. breier, f. broyer
to pound, grind, fr. ohg. brehhan to break. see break.
to pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
1913 webster
though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . .
yet will not his foolishness depart from him. --prov.
xxvii. 22.
1913 webster
see also:
brayed braying break
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bray \bray\, v. t.
to make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and
grating sound.
1913 webster
arms on armor clashing, brayed
horrible discord. --milton.
1913 webster
and varying notes the war pipes brayed. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bray \bray\, n.
the harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or
discordant sound.
1913 webster
the bray and roar of multitudinous london. --jerrold.
1913 webster
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bray \bray\, n. oe. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill,
hill, bank, scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. as. br=aew eyebrow,
influenced by the allied icel. br=a eyebrow, bank, also
akin to as. br=u eyebrow. see brow.
a bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. see brae, which is now
the usual spelling. north of eng. scot. --fairfax.
1913 webster
see also:
brow brae
- [6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bray
n : the cry of an ass
v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys syn: hee-haw
2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" syn: grind,
mash, crunch, comminute
3: laugh loudly and harshly
see also:
hee-haw grind mash crunch comminute
- [7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
161 moby thesaurus words for "bray":
abrade, atomize, bark, bawl, bay, beat, beep, belch, bell, bellow,
blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blow, blow the horn, blubber,
boom, breathe, brecciate, buck, bugle, burr, buzz, cackle, call,
caterwaul, caw, chant, chirp, chirr, clang, clangor, clank,
clarion, clash, comminute, contriturate, coo, craunch, croak, crow,
crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cry, disintegrate, drawl,
exclaim, fanfare, flour, flourish of trumpets, flute, fragment,
gasp, give tongue, give voice, grain, granulate, granulize, grate,
grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, hiss, honk,
howl, jangle, jar, keen, levigate, lilt, low, mash, meow, mew,
mewl, miaow, mill, moo, mumble, murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker,
pant, peal, pestle, pipe, pound, powder, pule, pulverize, rasp,
reduce to powder, roar, rumble, scranch, scrape, scratch, screak,
scream, screech, scrunch, shard, shred, shriek, sibilate, sigh,
sing, smash, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sound, sound a tattoo,
sound taps, squall, squash, squawk, squeak, squeal, tantara,
tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thunder, toot, tootle,
triturate, troat, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang,
tweedle, ululate, wail, warble, whicker, whine, whinny, whisper,
whistle, wind, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yowl
- [8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
bray, ok town, fips 8550
location: 34.60883 n, 97.81750 w
population 1990: 925 400 housing units
area: 161.3 sq km land, 1.8 sq km water
- [9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
bray, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
population 2000: 1035
housing units 2000: 419
land area 2000: 62.253863 sq. miles 161.236757 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.699251 sq. miles 1.811052 sq. km
total area 2000: 62.953114 sq. miles 163.047809 sq. km
fips code: 08550
located within: oklahoma ok, fips 40
location: 34.630587 n, 97.835246 w
zip codes 1990:
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
bray, ok
bray
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