Definitions for: Bleat

[n] the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
[v] cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
[v] talk whiningly

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox,
to bleat the woolly train. --Pope

The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will
never answer a calf when he bleats. --Shak.

Bleat, n.
A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.

The bleat of fleecy sheep. --Chapman's
Homer.

Synonyms: baa, blat, blate

See Also: complain, cry, emit, kick, kvetch, let loose, let out, plain, quetch, sound off, utter

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