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Bray

/bɹeɪ/

The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.

📖 Definitions of "Bray"

noun

1
The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
2
(by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.

verb

1
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."
2
(by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
"He threw back his head and brayed with laughter."
3
To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
grindverb	(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
crunchnoun	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
comminuteverb	(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
hee-hawnoun	(countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hee-hawnoun	(countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.
crunchnoun	A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
grindnoun	The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
comminutenoun	Pulverized material.
hautnoun	A surname from German.
loupnoun	(metallurgy) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the trip hammer or rolls.
braillenoun	Louis Braille
seinenoun	A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
corbienoun	(Scotland) A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
sommenoun	(history, with The) A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.
curtisnoun	A male given name transferred from the surname.
neufchatelnoun	—
honknoun	(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.
bleatnoun	The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
bawlverb	(intransitive) To wail; to give out a blaring cry.
bellownoun	To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
hee-hawing	(countable) The cry of an ass or donkey.
clamornoun	A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
screechnoun	(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.