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verb

present tense third-person singular of bray
as in grinds
to reduce to fine particles bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle

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brays

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noun

plural of bray
as in bleats

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Recent Examples of brays
Verb
The villas are new but already feel ancient (in the best possible way), pitched in a jumble of sugarcane fields, date palms, and donkey brays bellowing from the adjoining farm. — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brays
  1. grinds
  2. bleats
  3. pounds
  4. barks
  5. crushes
  6. cackles
  7. beats
  8. yaps
Verb
  • The Food Processor quickly chops, slices, and shreds a wide array of ingredients for unlimited culinary creations, while the Coffee & Spice Grinder efficiently grinds coffee beans, spices, and herbs for superior flavor and potency.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • With a range of 50 to 300 kilometers, the drones, all made in Ukraine, are designed to throttle the Russian army’s logistics – adding a new dimension of strikes to Ukraine’s strategy as the war grinds through its fifth year.
    — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Definition of grinds
Noun
  • On the southern end of the loop, check out the interactive Bison Center to feel hides, hear the creatures’ varied grunts and bleats, and learn about the park’s efforts to sustainably maintain the herd.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The real money to be made from the president’s online bleats isn’t in knowing what the US government is going to do.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of bleats
Verb
  • The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Back from a hamstring injury, Teoscar Hernández rejoins a relentless Dodgers offense that pounds 17 hits and three homers in a 9-4 win over the Athletics.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of pounds
Noun
  • There is a chorus of 14, singing sheep and a pair of dogs (hilariously portrayed by Catriona Hewitson and Edward Jowle), whose barks become words that Theresa understands as she becomes strung out.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Incense usually comes in either cone or stick form and is composed of fragrant material — usually resins, seeds, barks and flowers — that’s bound together using a combustible material.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Definition of barks
Verb
  • Katie Ledecky crushes the world record in the 1,500 freestyle for her second gold medal at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • While this motion typically crushes or warps regular sneakers, these shoes bounce right back into their original shape, damage-free.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of crushes
Noun
  • Her performance presents as camp, but her dynamic range of loud cackles and quiet glances is fabulous.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of cackles
Verb
  • The compilation beats Sonic Boom, which brought Kiss to the ranking for the first time in October 2009.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Ballistic stretching beats static stretching for court sports, according to Jim Hsu, MD, a Yale Medicine orthopedic surgeon quoted by Yale New Haven Health.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of beats
Noun
  • There was a riot of noise, the yaps and yelps of a hound pack fighting an animal on the ground.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of yaps

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