English to Afrikaans Meaning of bray - Bray

Bray :

Bray

noun

Bray

verb

oproep, roep, dagvaar, bid vir, bod, Bray

Braes :: BraesBray :: BrayBrayed :: brayedBraying :: gebalkBrays :: brays

← Brawn

braze →

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Definitions of bray in English

Noun(1) the cry of an ass
Verb(1) braying characteristic of donkeys(2) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading(3) laugh loudly and harshly

Examples of bray in English

(1) He will squint at the Tories sardined into the benches opposite, put his thumb to his nose, wiggle his fingers and, with a schoolboy bray , say: ├ö├ç├┐Na-na-na-na-naaa├ö├ç├û.(2) These characterful creatures, with their rasping Ee-aw bray , are known to make excellent stable companions for horses, foals, or other donkeys.(3) The cool air as it rises and the welcoming bray of the tugboats passing reassure us that life on the river is as continuous as the days and nights that pull it along from mountain stream to flat delta shelves.(4) Ghoma barked out a laugh that sounded very much like a goat's bray .(5) Let the philistines bray : the Society of Student Artists knows how important it is to come to grips with the world of commerce.(6) Is there a human voice, a voice that is the voice of man as the chirp is the voice of the cricket or the bray is the voice of the donkey?(7) I dismounted the donkey and it let out another loud bray .(8) I walked away, and as I stopped to rest the book on a shelf and sign it, I heard the manager and stockboy laugh, a brief explosive bray that just might have been at my expense.(9) Public voices used to bray on about heroism and sacrifice.(10) He was like that: he'd just bray somebody for no reason.(11) Actually, he didn't, but my teeth were grinding so loudly I couldn't hear his nasal bray .(12) Gayson let out a cry that sounded like a mix of donkey bray and parrot squawk.(13) With one tight slap, Brenda made short work of my smirk, causing the foxes to snicker and bray among themselves.(14) Rippling amongst the voices were the sounds of horses and dogs and the occasional bray of a donkey, the clank and scrape of metal, the clang of forges working hard to repair damages and the low, mellow crackle of fires.(15) Klessa's voice sounded like a donkey's bray next to the voice of the elf, and that as well as the words she said snapped Rilleta out of her dreamy mood.(16) Tony slapped him on the back and let out a bray of laughter.

Synonyms

Verb

1. neigh ::

runnik julle

2. roar ::

brul

3. hee-haw ::

Hort

4. grind ::

slyp

Different Forms

braes, bray, brayed, braying, brays

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