- 1[intransitive] to make the sound that sheep and goats make
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] bleat (on) (about something) bleat that… + speech to speak in a weak or complaining voice “But I only just got here,” he bleated feebly.
bleat
verbNAmE//blit//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bleat he / she / it bleats
past simple bleated
-ing form bleating
The lamb gave a faint bleat.
noun [uncountable, countable] the distant bleating of sheepSee bleat in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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