A Topical Dictionary: Search for bray

Dictionary Results For "bray" [?]/[OPML]

Ads By Google

Wiktionary Articles [RSS] - [GNU, www.Wiktionary.org]

redirect bray

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bray \Bray\, v. i. [OE brayen, F. braire to bray, OF. braire to
cry, fr. LL. bragire to whinny; perh. fr. the Celtic and akin
to E. break; or perh. of imitative origin.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
[1913 Webster]

Laugh, and they
Return it louder than an ass can bray. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
[1913 Webster]

Heard ye the din of battle bray? --Gray.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bray \Bray\ (br[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brayed (br[=a]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Braying.] [OE. brayen, OF. breier, F. broyer
to pound, grind, fr. OHG. brehhan to break. See Break.]
To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
[1913 Webster]

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . .
yet will not his foolishness depart from him. --Prov.
xxvii. 22.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bray \Bray\, v. t.
To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and
grating sound.
[1913 Webster]

Arms on armor clashing, brayed
Horrible discord. --MIlton.
[1913 Webster]

And varying notes the war pipes brayed. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bray \Bray\, n.
The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or
discordant sound.
[1913 Webster]

The bray and roar of multitudinous London. --Jerrold.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bray \Bray\, n. [OE. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill,
hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, fr. AS. br[=ae]w eyebrow,
influenced by the allied Icel. br[=a] eyebrow, bank, also
akin to AS. br[=u] eyebrow. See Brow.]
A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now
the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] --Fairfax.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet Bray
n : the cry of an ass
v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw]
2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind,
mash, crunch, comminute]
3: laugh loudly and harshly

Moby Dictionary
abrade , atomize , bark , bawl , bay , beat , beep , belch , bell , bellow ,
blare , blast , blat , blate , bleat , blow , blow the horn , blubber ,
boom , breathe , brecciate , buck , bugle , burr , buzz , cackle , call ,
caterwaul , caw , chant , chirp , chirr , clang , clangor , clank ,
clarion , clash , comminute , contriturate , coo , craunch , croak , crow ,
crumb , crumble , crump , crunch , crush , cry , disintegrate , drawl ,
exclaim , fanfare , flour , flourish of trumpets , flute , fragment ,
gasp , give tongue , give voice , grain , granulate , granulize , grate ,
grind , grind to powder , groan , growl , grumble , grunt , hiss , honk ,
howl , jangle , jar , keen , levigate , lilt , low , mash , meow , mew ,
mewl , miaow , mill , moo , mumble , murmur , mutter , neigh , nicker ,
pant , peal , pestle , pipe , pound , powder , pule , pulverize , rasp ,
reduce to powder , roar , rumble , scranch , scrape , scratch , screak ,
scream , screech , scrunch , shard , shred , shriek , sibilate , sigh ,
sing , smash , snap , snarl , snore , snort , sob , sound , sound a tattoo ,
sound taps , squall , squash , squawk , squeak , squeal , tantara ,
tantarara , taps , tarantara , tattoo , thunder , toot , tootle ,
triturate , troat , trumpet , trumpet blast , trumpet call , twang ,
tweedle , ululate , wail , warble , whicker , whine , whinny , whisper ,
whistle , wind , yap , yawl , yawp , yell , yelp , yip , yowl

Bray, OK (town, FIPS 8550) Location: 34.60883 N, 97.81750 W Population (1990): 925 (400 housing units) Area: 161.3 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)

Moby Dictionary 1035
Housing Units (2000): 419
Land area (2000): 62.253863 sq. miles (161.236757 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.699251 sq. miles (1.811052 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 62.953114 sq. miles (163.047809 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08550
Located within: Oklahoma (OK) , FIPS 40
Location: 34.630587 N , 97.835246 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bray , OK
Bray