bray

1. 1.

   the cry of an ass

   Broadercry

Other forms of bray

plural

brays·

past tense

brayed·

present participle

braying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bray

What does bray mean?

bray means "braying characteristic of donkeys". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bray?

bray has 1 syllable: bray. In IPA it is /ˈbɹeɪ/.

What is another word for bray?

Close synonyms include hee-haw, grind, mash, crunch, comminute. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bray a common word?

bray is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bray?

1 word rhymes with bray. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.