Thesaurus: bray

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1. v. t. To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
2. v. i. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
3. v. i. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
4. v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.
5. n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
6. n. A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.
7. n. the cry of an ass
8. v. braying characteristic of donkeys
9. v. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
10. v. laugh loudly and harshly
11. To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22. 1. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. Laugh, and they Return it louder than an ass can bray. Dryden. 2. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. Heard ye the din of battle bray Gray. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. MIlton. And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. The bray and roar of multitudinous London. Jerrold. A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Fairfax.
12. To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar, . . . yet will not hisfoolishness depart from him. Prov. xxvii. 22.