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  1. 1. v. t. To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. the cry of an ass Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. braying characteristic of donkeys Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. laugh loudly and harshly Source: wordnet
  11. 11. 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. Source: adambom

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