bray
verb/breɪ/
/breɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bray | /breɪ/ /breɪ/ |
| he / she / it brays | /breɪz/ /breɪz/ |
| past simple brayed | /breɪd/ /breɪd/ |
| past participle brayed | /breɪd/ /breɪd/ |
| -ing form braying | /ˈbreɪɪŋ/ /ˈbreɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] when a donkey brays, it makes a loud unpleasant sound
- [intransitive] (of a person) to talk or laugh in a loud unpleasant voice
- He brayed with laughter.
- a braying voice
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French brait ‘a shriek’, braire ‘to cry’ (the original senses in English), perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin.
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