Bray

What do we mean by bray?

To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar. transitive verb

To spread (ink) thinly over a surface. transitive verb

To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey. intransitive verb

To sound loudly and harshly. intransitive verb

To emit (an utterance or a sound) loudly and harshly. intransitive verb

The loud, harsh cry of a donkey. noun

A sound resembling that of a donkey. noun

To pound or beat thoroughly, as with a pestle or other instrument; triturate, crush, mix, etc., by beating or any analogous action: as to bray drugs; to bray printers' ink. See brayer.

A bank or mound of earth used in fortification; a breastwork; a bulwark; specifically, a wall or other work in advance of and covering the gate of a fortress. noun

A piece of sloping ground; an acclivity or declivity. noun

A harsh cry, especially that of an ass; hence, any similar harsh or grating sound. noun

In cloth-finishing, to pound (woolen cloth) in a soapy scouring-liquor: same as full. See full and fulling.

A clout for a young child. Kersey, 1708. noun

In heraldry: Barnacles or twitchers for subduring a horse: used as a bearing. noun

Perhaps a corruption of brake, break. A bearing similar to the preceding in form, representing a tool used for breaking hemp: sometimes called a hempbray, hemp-brake, or hackle. noun

To utter a loud and harsh cry: with reference now especially to the ass, but formerly also to the bull, deer, and other animals, as well as to man.

Hence To make a loud, harsh, disagreeable sound.

To utter with a loud, harsh sound, like the ass.

To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass. intransitive verb

To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise. intransitive verb

The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.

(by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.

Words that are spelled similarly to bray:
bray.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bray:
dieppe, maidenhead, wyatt, drogheda, berkshire, ebony, rouen, rowan, shamrock, lex, amber, reigns, ambrose, harper, madonna, leinster, derry, carlisle, dublin, junction, vicar, roads, kane, wwe, rats, helen, luke, lock, thames, windsor, ireland, southeast, curtis, carter, mall, animation, cork, backing, philip, productions, stephen, raw, adelaide, drums, guitarist, tag, choir.

Words that rhyme with bray:
day, away, way, lay, play, bay, say, resume, grey, pay, convey, gray, relay, array, cache, survey, ray, sway, slay, display, dismay, may, stay, delay, holiday, fray, re, gay, cliche, waylay, dossier, buffet, cafe, essay, fiance, gourmet, everyday, allay, leeway, prey, clay, fillet, inlay, decay, k, fey, overlay, melee, gainsay, betray, stray, ok, quay, dna, underway, valet, portray, spray, sobriquet, weigh, entree, soiree, pray, asea, passe, yea, sunday, they, bouquet, protege, okay, yay, jay, astray, lei, latte, halfway, gateway, ballet, heyday, tray, friday, hay, obey, j, anyway, x-ray, disarray, lingerie, railway, nay, mainstay, today, repay, sachet, splay, usa, birthday, vertebrae, hey.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bray:
loud, wild, late, long, harsh, old, neufchatel, french, loup, mule, nursey, sonorous, gournay, poor, full, raucous, hoarse, young, occasional, discordant, mournful, retaux, tremendous, deep, melancholy, dissonant, dreadful, horrible, sudden, solemn, distant, goldwyn, familiar, clegg, joyous, alarming, stirring, paramount, awful, drawn, deafening, noble, shrill, mighty, prolonged, deepest, piteous, pathe, nasal, fausse, indefatigable, hideous, ludicrous, ver, mow, persevering, artful, fair, angry, splitting, brave, muffled, asinine, craig, dismal, devastating, olive, pitched, metallic, exultant, coarse, triumphant, whinnying, false, cold, anonymous, puritan, cam, huge, teh, plaintive, lusty, brazen, happy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bray:
curtis, dunes, seine, haut, corbie, effect, somme, albert, hurd, steinburg, ward, road, thames, schaible, hennell, head, kurtz, trees, phenomenon, interview, gilbert, surseine, moss, sursomme, gurtis, zhun, points, states, robert, fricourt, shunz, reports, crawford, method, notes, liebhafsky, clark, comments, doyle.

Consonant match to bray:
brew, brow, bra, brae, brie, bro, breaux, bree, brough, brea, brey, brau, brue, brugh, brye, broe, broy, breau, breault, browe.

Words that sound like bray:
bray, beret, brae, brey, bro, bra, brew, brow, burrow, bruh, bree, brie, brea, borough, bri, burry, brah, boro, burro, braw, bru, bry, brough, burrough, bery, breaux, broe, brue, brugh, broo, brau, brye, baru, broy, breau, braa, brw, brei, brii, breault, broi, bourree, brou, breu, pray, prey, bay, berg, brace, ber, ba, bert, birch, bey, bern, berk, birt, bir, bers, berm, birk, birs, berets, bourke, birn, birr, brade, borate, berge, baye, berne, bergh, bei, birg, berke, beray, birge, bearn, bearce, beurre, birte, bearse, berte, baray, brache, bernay, birse, bourre, berthe, birc, beur, birne, beurs, berck, berht, beurk, braais, bhr, birke, abray.