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Brayed
/bɹeɪd/
Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
📖 Definitions of "Brayed"
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.
verb
- 1
To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
- 2
(by extension) To hit (someone or something).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brayed"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hee-hawverb | (intransitive) To utter the cry of an ass or donkey. |
| crunchverb | To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. |
| mashverb | (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| grindverb | (transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. |
| comminuteverb | (transitive) To pulverize; to smash. |
| titteredverb | To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement. |
| mewedverb | (of a cat, especially of a kitten) To meow. |
| shriekedverb | uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror |
| cawedverb | To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven. |
| bleatedverb | Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry of baas; of a human, to mimic this sound. |
| mooedverb | (intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound. |
| howledverb | To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. |
| hissedverb | (intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping. |
| bellowedverb | To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull. |
| jabberedverb | (intransitive) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense. |
| mutteredverb | (transitive, intransitive) To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath. |
| shrilledverb | To make a shrill noise. |
| yelpedverb | To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. |
| growledverb | (intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. |
| cluckedverb | (intransitive) To make low clicking sounds (refers to hens). |
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