English noun: bleat | |||
1. | bleat (event) the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cry | ||
English verb: bleat | |||
1. | bleat (communication) talk whiningly | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
2. | bleat (communication) cry plaintively | ||
Samples | The lambs were bleating. | ||
Examples | You can hear animals bleat in the meadows, The meadows bleat with animals | ||
Synonyms | baa, blat, blate | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | emit, let loose, let out, utter | ||