Bleat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.
  • n. A sound similar to this cry.
  • n. A whining, feeble complaint.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter the characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a sound similar to this cry, especially a whine.
  • v. To utter in a whining way.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
  • v. Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
  • v. Of a person, to complain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.
  • n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cry as a sheep, goat, or calf; also, as a snipe.
  • n. The cry of a sheep, goat, or calf; also, of a snipe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
  • v. cry plaintively
  • v. talk whiningly
  • Verb Form
    bleated    bleating    bleats   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cry    emit    let out    let loose    utter    sound off    kick    quetch    complain    plain   
    Form
    bleated    bleating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cry    baa    blat    blate    kvetch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    yelp    whimper    lowing    bellow    blare    yowl    whinny    wail    chirp    falsetto