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Meanings of bray in English

Portuguese
triturar
Catalan
moldre
Spanish
picar

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.

        triturar
        Russian
        крик осла
        Spanish
        orneo
        Catalan
        bram

        Cry of a donkey.

              крик осла

              To show off.

                  Usage of bray in English
                  1
                  Great was the astonishment when one of the donkeys began to bray.
                  A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
                  2
                  The donkey gave a loud bray and kicked up its heels wildly.
                  The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
                  3
                  The fiend began to groan and bray-he was daunted and beat off.
                  The Prussian Officer
                  4
                  The lieutenant laughed a harsh bray and raised his glass in salute.
                  Orb Sceptre Throne
                  5
                  If you could bray like the donkey, I'd be the roaring bull.
                  A Young Mutineer
                  6
                  And a mouth-organ's cheery bray coming from the bowels of the earth.
                  Letters to Helen: Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front
                  7
                  It will cost you nothin', sir; I bray you do not doubt--
                  The Valley of the Kings
                  8
                  Then he heard it-notquite a bray, but a kind of moaning.
                  Ride Proud, Rebel!
                  9
                  The Empress laughed, a peal with a donkey's bray edge on it.
                  Surrender to the will of the night
                  10
                  I repeat, sir, I am not an ass-ifI do bray sometimes.
                  A Strange Discovery
                  11
                  Say, I'll bet my head I bray in my sleep, don't I?
                  Castle Craneycrow
                  12
                  Doesn't bray, nor whinny, nor growl, nor bark, nor-can't do anything.
                  The Circus Boys Across the Continent; Or, Winning New Laurels on...
                  13
                  The sharp bark of the monkey mingled with the bray of the conch.
                  The Life of Sir Richard Burton
                  14
                  They heard the yelling of the door-touts, and the bray of discordant music.
                  Kimono
                  15
                  She heard a long bray of pain that faded as the hound fled.
                  Night of Knives
                  16
                  Until nightfall, the ophicleides will bellow, the fifes tootle and the cornets bray.
                  The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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                  Translations for bray
                  Portuguese
                  triturarmoer
                  Bray through the time
                  Bray across language varieties
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