bray
Bray means to make the loud, harsh sound of a donkey, or to talk loudly, or to crush into powder.
(verb)- An example of bray is to laugh with the sound like a donkey.
- An example of bray is to crush an aspirin with a mortar and pestle.
The definition of a bray is the sound a donkey makes.
(noun)An example of a bray is the sound a donkey would make when kicked in the rear end.
See bray in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME braien < OFr braire < VL *bragire, to cry out
transitive verb
noun
transitive verb
- to crush or pound into a powder, as in a mortar
- to spread thin, as ink
Origin: ME braien < OFr breier, to pound, pulverize; prob. < Frank *brekan, break
See bray in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb brayed, bray·ing, brays verb, intransitive
- To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- To sound loudly and harshly: The foghorn brayed all night.
- The loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- A sound resembling that of a donkey: “an endless bray of pointless jocosity” (Louis Auchincloss).
Origin:
Origin: Middle English braien
Origin: , from Old French braire
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *bragere
Origin: , of Celtic origin
.transitive verb brayed, bray·ing, brays
- To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.
- To spread (ink) thinly over a surface.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English braien
Origin: , from Old French breier
Origin: , of Germanic origin; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots
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