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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