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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 useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off

2. bleat (communication) cry plaintively


SamplesThe lambs were bleating.


ExamplesYou can hear animals bleat in the meadows, The meadows bleat with animals


Synonymsbaa, blat, blate


Pattern of useSomething ----s


Broader (hypernym)emit, let loose, let out, utter









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