What does bleat mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
bleatverb
the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
bleatverb
talk whiningly
bleat, blate, blat, baaverb
cry plaintively
"The lambs were bleating"
Wiktionary
bleatnoun
The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
bleatverb
Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
bleatverb
Of a person, to complain.
The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.
Etymology: Germanic, whence also Old High German bloz, Old Norse blautr. More at blouse.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bleatnoun
The cry of a sheep or lamb.
Etymology: from the verb.
Set in my ship, mine ear reach’d, where we rod,
The bellowing of oxen, and the bleat
Of fleecy sheep. George Chapman, Odyssey, b. xii.The rivers and their hills around,
With lowings, and with dying bleats resound. Dryden.To Bleatverb
To cry as a sheep.
Etymology: blætan, Sax.
We were as twinn’d lambs, that did frisk i’ th’ sun,
And bleat the one at th’ other. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.You may as well use question with the wolf,
Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.While on sweet grass her bleating charge does lie,
Our happy lover feeds upon her eye. Wentworth Dillon.What bull dares bellow, or what sheep dares bleat
Within the lion’s den? John Dryden, Spanish Friar.
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bleat
Bleat refers to the characteristic noise made by a sheep, goat, or calf. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a person's weak, complaining cry.
Webster Dictionary
Bleatverb
to make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf
Bleatnoun
a plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bleat
blēt, v.i. to cry as a sheep.—n. the cry of a sheep, any similar cry, even of the human voice.—n. Bleat′ing, the cry of a sheep. [A.S. blǽtan; L. balāre, Gr. blēchē, a bleating; root bla-; formed from the sound.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bleat in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bleat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of bleat in a Sentence
Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
Trumpet in a herd of elephants crow in the company of cocks bleat in a flock of goats.
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- ثغاءArabic
- блеене, блеяBulgarian
- BlökenGerman
- βελάζω, βέλασμαGreek
- balar, balidoSpanish
- marista, päkättää, määkiä, määkiminen, määintäFinnish
- rouspéter, bégueter, chevroter, bêler, béguètementFrench
- jarmur, jarmaIcelandic
- belare, belatoItalian
- ಬ್ಲೀಟ್Kannada
- باڵاندن, باعKurdish
- bālōLatin
- mengembek, embekMalay
- blèren, geblaat, blatenDutch
- блеяние, блеянье, блеятьRussian
- bräkande, bräkaSwedish
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