Bray word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "bray" word
[verb] laugh loudly and harshly
[verb] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
[verb] braying characteristic of donkeys
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\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.] 1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. --Dryden. 2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. Heard ye the din of battle bray? --Gray.
\Bray\, v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. --MIlton. And varying notes the war pipes brayed. --Sir W. Scott.
\Bray\, n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
\Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br?w eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. br? eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. br? yebrow. See {Brow}.] A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See {Brae}, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] --Fairfax.
Synonyms for bray
comminute, crunch, grind, hee-haw, mash
See also: break up | cry | emit | express joy | express mirth | fragment | fragmentise | fragmentize | laugh | let loose | let out | mill | pestle | pulp | utter |
Related terms: bawl, beat, blast, blow the horn, chirr, clank, clash, coo, crunch, groan, miaow, mumble, scrape, scream, snap, tattoo, tootle, trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang, yap, yell
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Let's analyse "bray" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YARB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
bray: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One. |
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