'Bleat' definitions:
Definition of 'bleat'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Bleat'
From: GCIDE
- Bleat \Bleat\, n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. [1913 Webster]
- The bleat of fleecy sheep. --Chapman's Homer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bleat'
From: GCIDE
- Bleat \Bleat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleating.] [OE. bleten, AS. bl?tan; akin to D. blaten, bleeten, OHG. bl[=a]zan, pl[=a]zan; prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. [1913 Webster]
- Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. --Pope [1913 Webster]
- The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bleat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bark,
- bawl,
- bay,
- beef,
- bell,
- bellow,
- bellyache,
- bitch,
- blare,
- blat,
- blate,
- blow off,
- bray,
- call,
- caterwaul,
- crab,
- cry,
- fuss,
- give tongue,
- give voice,
- howl,
- low,
- meow,
- mew,
- mewl,
- miaow,
- moo,
- neigh,
- nicker,
- pule,
- roar,
- screak,
- scream,
- screech,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- troat,
- ululate,
- wail,
- whicker,
- whine,
- whinny,
- yammer,
- yap,
- yawl,
- yawp,
- yelp,
- yip,
- yowl