Definitions for bray
breɪbray

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brayverb

   the cry of an ass

2. hee-haw, brayverb

   braying characteristic of donkeys

3. grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb

   reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

   "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

4. brayverb

   laugh loudly and harshly

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Braynoun

   Noise; sound.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Boist’rous untun’d drums,
   And harsh resounding trumpets dreadful bray. William Shakespeare.

2. To BRAYverb

   To pound; or grind small.

   Etymology: bracan, Sax. braier, Fr.

   I’ll burst him; I will bray
   His bones as in a mortar. George Chapman, Iliads.

   Except you would bray christendom in a mortar, and mould it into a new paste, there is no possibility of a holy war. Francis Bacon.

3. To BRAYverb

   Etymology: broire, Fr. barrio, Lat.

   1. To make a noise as an ass.

   Laugh, and they
   Return it louder than an ass can bray. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   2. To make an offensive or disagreeable noise.

   What, shall our feast be kept with slaughter’d men?
   Shall braying trumpets, and loud churlish drums,
   Clamours of hell, be measures to our pomp? William Shakespeare.

   Arms on armour clashing, bray’d
   Horrible discord. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi. l. 209.

   ’Agad if he should hear the lion roar, he’d cudgel him into an ass, and to his primitive braying. William Congreve, Old Batchelor.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bray

   Bray is a verb that typically refers to the loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule. It can also mean to make a similar harsh noise or to utter something in a loud, disagreeable tone. As a noun, "bray" refers to the sound itself.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brayverb

   to pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine

2. Brayverb

   to utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass

3. Brayverb

   to make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise

4. Brayverb

   to make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound

5. Braynoun

   the harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound

6. Braynoun

   a bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Bray

   Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,872 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2011 census. It is situated about 20 km south of Dublin on the east coast. Bray is the location of some industry, is home for many who commute to Dublin by car or rail, is a shopping town for the surrounding area, and still attracts tourists, particularly from Dublin at weekends. The town straddles the Dublin-Wicklow border, with a portion of the northern suburbs situated in County Dublin. Bray is the location of Ireland's only dedicated film studios, Ardmore Studios.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bray

   brā, v.t. to break, pound, or grind small, as in a mortar.—n. Bray′er, an instrument to grind or spread ink in printing. [O. Fr. breier (Fr. broyer); It. brigare.]

2. Bray

   brā, n. the cry of the ass: any harsh grating sound.—v.i. to cry like an ass: to give forth harsh sounds, esp. of the trumpet.—ns. Bray′er, one who brays like an ass; Bray′ing, the noise of an ass: any harsh noise.—adj. making a harsh noise. [O. Fr. brai, brait; braire—Low L. bragire, prob. of Celt. origin.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bray

   a Berkshire village, famous for Simon Aleyn, its vicar from 1540 to 1588, who, to retain his living, never scrupled to change his principles; he lived in the reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., Queen Anne, and George I.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bray

   A small town in the department of Seine-et-Marne, France; it was occupied by the allies, February 12, 1814.

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1. bray

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bray is ranked #1003 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bray surname appeared 34,906 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 12 would have the surname Bray.
   
   81.7% or 28,539 total occurrences were White.
   12.2% or 4,279 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 813 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 771 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 293 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 209 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Break Up
   • Laugh
   • Utter

Anagrams for bray »

1. yarb

How to pronounce bray?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bray in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bray in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bray in a Sentence

1. Sophocles, Antigone:

   For God hates utterlyThe bray of bragging tongues.

2. Timothy Tan:

   Jackie Bray added, Bureaucracy and dysfunction, and all kinds of barriers to serving patients. The director of clinical operations at the Queens Hospital Center, Dr. Timothy Tan, also spoke with the Times and slammed the incompetence of city officials for not taking some of the pressure off overburdened hospitals, by sending more patients to the Billy Jean King facility. Knowing what our patients had to endure in an overcrowded emergency department, its frustrating how few patients were treated at facilities such as Billie Jean King.

3. Sophocles:

   For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bray
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bray
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bray
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bray
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bray
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Bray
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html