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  1. 1. v. i. To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. talk whiningly Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. cry plaintively Source: wordnet
  6. 6. To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. Shak. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer. Source: webster
  7. 7. To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry likea sheep or calf.Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat thewoolly train. PopeThe ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer acalf when he bleats. Shak. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:32/v:68 n. the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v. talk whiningly v. cry plaintively Source: ecdict

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