Bray Definition

brā
brayed, braying, brays
verb
brayed, braying, brays
To make the loud, harsh cry of a donkey, or a sound, esp. a laugh, like this.
Webster's New World
To utter loudly and harshly.
Webster's New World
To crush or pound into a powder, as in a mortar.
Webster's New World
To spread thin, as ink.
Webster's New World
To emit (an utterance or a sound) loudly and harshly.
American Heritage
noun
brays
The loud, harsh cry of a donkey, or a sound like this.
Webster's New World
A sound resembling that of a donkey.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Bray

Noun

Singular:
bray
Plural:
brays

Origin of Bray

  • From Middle French braire, from Vulgar Latin bragire, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Middle Irish braigid (“it crashes, explodes”), Breton breugiñ (“to bray”); akin to English break, Latin fragor (“crash”), frangere (“to break”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English braien from Old French braire from Vulgar Latin bragere of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English braien from Old French breier of Germanic origin bhreg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French breier (Modern French broyer).

    From Wiktionary

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