verb · transitive · rare

bray

bray · brays · brayed · braying

молоти, товкти, шліфувати

реветь

kreischen, schreien, schreien wie ein Esel, kreischen wie ein Esel

Of an animal: to make its cryOf an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

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/bɹeɪ/

» I am braying like a donkey.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me.
iahen, kreischen, schreien
реве́ть
(broadly, intransitive)To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
He threw back his head and brayed with laughter.
kreischen wie ein Esel, schreien wie ein Esel
(transitive)To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
kreischen
(UK, Yorkshire, broadly, transitive)To hit (someone or something).
(archaic, transitive)To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
verreiben, zermalmen, zerreiben

More definitions

laugh loudly and harshly
braying characteristic of donkeys
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Examples

10 sentences

I am braying like a donkey.
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Did you hear a donkey braying?
deHast du den Esel schreien gehört? — raggione
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I've never heard a donkey braying.
deIch habe noch nie einen Esel schreien gehört. — raggione
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The donkey brays all the time.
ruОсёл постоянно ревёт. — Wezel
deDer Esel iaht die ganze Zeit. — brauchinet
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That donkey brays the whole time.
deDer Esel iaht die ganze Zeit. — brauchinet
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to make the cry of a donkey:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to make the cry of a donkey:

to make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray:

to crush or pound — see also crush, pound:

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal:

The verb is derived from Middle English brayen, brai, bray, braye (“of a person or animal: to vocalize loudly; of the weather: to make a loud sound, howl, roar”), from Old French brai, braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to cry or shout out”) (modern French braire (“of an animal: to bray; of a person: to shout; to cry, weep”)), possibly from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Breton breugiñ (“to bray”), brammañ (“to flatulate”), Cornish bramma, brabma (“to flatulate”), Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *brageti, *bragyeti (“to flatulate”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to flatulate; to stink”); cognate with Latin fragrō (“to smell”). Alternatively, the word could be from a Germanic source, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), and cognate with frangere (“to break, shatter”).

From Middle English brayen (“to break or crush into pieces”), from Anglo-Norman breier, Old French breie, breier, broiier (modern French broyer (“to crush, grind”)), possibly from Frankish *brekan (“to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”); thus making the English word a doublet of break.

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