Meaning of Bray | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
3. Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
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4. A place name:
5. A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9079).
6. A river in Devon, England, which flows south to join the River Mole at Meethe; in full, the River Bray.
7. A coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2617).
8. A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
9. A commune in Eure department, Normandy, France.
10. A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named after an early settler.
11. A town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States.
12. A village in Kgalagadi district, Botswana, opposite Bray, South Africa.
13. A village in Kagisano-Molopo local municipality, North West province, South Africa, opposite Bray, Botswana.
14. A locality in Robe council area and Wattle Range council area, South Australia.

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Examples

“It seems a very nest—warm and snug, and green—for human life; with the twilight haze of time about it, almost consecrating it from the aching hopes and feverish expectations of the present⟳. Who would think⟳ that the bray and roar of multitudinous London sounded but some sixty miles away?”

“[...] Mr. [Edmund] Gosse's blank verse is sweet and varied, and full mostly of a graceful melody. If it has not the trumpet's power, neither has it the trumpet's bray, but rather a flute-like tone of its own⟳.”

“At full volume, Doreen's whinnying laugh⟳ could shatter glass. Even at half volume, her high-pitched brays rattled teeth.”

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