Usually means: Pound or grind into powder.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bray, bray: Merriam-Webster
  2. bray, bray: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bray, bray: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bray: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bray: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bray, bray: Wordnik
  7. Bray, bray: Wiktionary
  8. bray: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bray: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. bray: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Bray, bray: Dictionary.com
  12. bray (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. bray: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Bray (musician), Bray (surname), Bray: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Bray: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. bray: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. bray: Rhymezone
  18. Bray: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. bray: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Bray: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. bray: FreeDictionary.org
  22. bray: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. bray: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. bray: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  25. bray: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bray: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bray: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BRAY: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bray: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. bray: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Bray: Dictionary of Military Architecture

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verb:  (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
verb:  (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
verb:  (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
noun:  The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
noun:  (by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
verb:  (transitive, British, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9079).
noun:  The River Bray, a river in Devon, England, that flows south to join the River Mole at Meethe.
noun:  A coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2617).
noun:  A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
noun:  A commune in Eure department, Normandy, France.
noun:  A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named after an early settler.
noun:  A town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States.
noun:  A village in Kgalagadi district, Botswana, opposite Bray, South Africa.
noun:  A village in Kagisano-Molopo local municipality, North West province, South Africa, opposite Bray, Botswana.
noun:  A locality in Robe council area and Wattle Range council area, South Australia.

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