Bleat

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bleat \Bleat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bleated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bleating}.] [OE. bleten, AS. bl?tan; akin to D. blaten,
     bleeten, OHG. bl[=a]zan, pl[=a]zan; prob. of imitative
     origin.]
     To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry
     like a sheep or calf.


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           Then suddenly was heard along the main,
           To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. --Pope
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           The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will
           never answer a calf when he bleats.      --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bleat \Bleat\, n.
     A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
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           The bleat of fleecy sheep.               --Chapman's
                                                    Homer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bleat
       n : the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
       v 1: talk whiningly
       2: cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: {blate}, {blat},
           {baa}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "bleat":
     bark, bawl, bay, beef, bell, bellow, bellyache, bitch, blare, blat,
     blate, blow off, bray, call, caterwaul, crab, cry, fuss,
     give tongue, give voice, howl, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo,
     neigh, nicker, pule, roar, screak, scream, screech, squall, squawk,
     squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, wail, whicker, whine, whinny,
     yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl