- 1[intransitive] when a donkey brays, it makes a loud sound
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- 2[intransitive] (of a person) to talk or laugh in a loud unpleasant voice He brayed with laughter. a braying voice
bray
verbNAmE//breɪ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bray he / she / it brays
past simple brayed
-ing form braying
a voice somewhere between a bray and a bellowSee bray in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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