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Bray

Definition: Bray

Bray

Noun

1. The cry of an ass.

Verb

1. Braying characteristic of donkeys.

2. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic".

3. Laugh loudly and harshly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bray" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)


Specialty Definition: Bray

DomainDefinition

Dream Interpretation

Hearing an ass bray, is significant of unwelcome tidings or intrusions. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Literature

Bray (See Vicar. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

BRAY. A vicar of Bray; one who frequently changes his principles, always siding with the strongest party: an allusion to a vicar of Bray, in Berkshire, commemorated in a well-known ballad for the pliability of his conscience. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Specialty Definition: Bray

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bray is a former seaside resort in north county Wicklow, Ireland. Located at the southern end of the Dublin suburban train line (now replaced by the DART), it was popular for day-trippers from the city.

The river Dargle enters the sea here.

Bray Head is the highest point in the locality. On the coast, Shankill, county Dublin is to the north, and Greystones, county Wicklow is to the south.

Inland from Bray and Shankhill can be seen the landmark ruin of a lead-smelter on a hilltop - the defunct Leadmines at Ballycorus.



Bray, Oklahoma

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bray is a town located in Stephens County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,035.

Geography


Bray is located at 34°37'50" North, 97°50'7" West (34.630587, -97.835246)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 163.0 km² (63.0 mi²). 161.2 km² (62.2 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.11% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,035 people, 386 households, and 306 families residing in the town. The population density is 6.4/km² (16.6/mi²). There are 419 housing units at an average density of 2.6/km² (6.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 90.53% White, 0.10% African American, 5.60% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.68% from other races, and 2.90% from two or more races. 2.22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 386 households out of which 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% are married couples living together, 6.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% are non-families. 18.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.68 and the average family size is 3.00. In the town the population is spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $29,417, and the median income for a family is $34,318. Males have a median income of $24,191 versus $20,658 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,952. 15.6% of the population and 13.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 20.2% are under the age of 18 and 15.9% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bray."

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Synonyms: Bray

Synonyms: comminute (v), crunch (v), grind (v), hee-haw (v), mash (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bray

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pulverulence

Reduce to powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund; beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate; attenuate .

Servility

Sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter; snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank; flatterer; doer of dirty work; ame damnee, tool; reptile; slave; (servant); courtier; beat, dead beat, doughface , heeler, homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler.

Tergiversation

Time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter;time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter; weathercock; (changeable); Janus.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bray

English words defined with "bray": Brayed, Braying. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bray": Cat ProverbsData Management LanguageKing's CrossParson TrulliberVicar of Bray. (references)
Etymologies containing "bray": Brae. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bray

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Come anywhere near Bray or Brady and I will scratch your eyes out (The Tribe; writing credit: Andrés Spinoza)

Movie/TV Titles

Rendez-vous Bray (1971)

The Vicar of Bray (1937)

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Commercial Usage: Bray

DomainTitle

Books

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Image Slideshow: Bray

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Bray

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Presidential Range from Bray Hill, Jefferson, White Mountains. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Bray, half-length portrait, standing with hand on shoulder, Amelia, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Usage Frequency: Bray

"Bray" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.67% of the time. "Bray" is used about 150 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)82.67%12428,785
Noun (singular)12.67%1980,337
Lexical Verb (infinitive)2%3202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)2%3202,518
Noun (common)0.67%1339,140
                    Total100.00%150N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Bray

The following table summarizes the usage of "bray" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BrayLast name15,000819
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Bray


1. Bray, OK (town, FIPS 8550)
Location: 34.60883 N, 97.81750 W
Population (1990): 925 (400 housing units)
Area: 161.3 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Bray

Expressions using "bray": bray of donkeys bray out the vicar of bray. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bray

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bray renaud

195

bray co

7

bray

110

bray international

7

deanne bray

82

bray hotel

6

bray scarff

66

john bray

6

bray valve

37

bray john l

5

bray rhiannon

29

bray butterfly valve

5

bray renault

27

jim bray

5

bray and scarf

26

archie bray

5

bray librairie renaud

20

bray chris

5

erin bray

15

scogin elam and bray

5

bray ireland

13

patricia bray

4

bray control

13

bray scraff

4

bray deanna

12

thom bray

4

bray island

11

bray imaging

4

bray company

10

archie bray foundation

4

bray island plantation

8

bray trailer

4

bray librairie renault

8

bray stephen

4

bray.com renaud

8

bray michael

4

bray dune

7

bray dewitt jane peter

4

beast bray road

7

bray singletary

4

bray david

4
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Modern Translation: Bray

Language Translations for "bray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Bluaj (crush, digest, flour, grind, mill, turn over), Ulërij (bark, bellow, bluster, cry out, howl, scream, ululate, yell), Pallmë, Pëllitje, Pëllas (bellow, heehaw, low, moo). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نهيق (braying, hee haw), ‏نهق (squawk), ‏نشر الحبر. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Остър Неприятен Звук, Пращя, Магарешки ев, Счуквам, ева. (various references)

   

Czech

  

Hýkat, Hýkání (hee haw, heehaw). (various references)

   

Danish

  

mikrofoneffekt(Wever,Bray) (Bray-Wever phenomenon), cochleapotential (Bray-Wever phenomenon). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

balken (bellow, bleat, neigh). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

iai, azenbleki. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

عرعرکردن , عرعر. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kiljua (roar, yell). (various references)

   

French

  

Braire, Braiment (braying), Résonner. (various references)

   

German

  

zerreiben (crumble, crush, grind, pulverize, to bray, to triturate, triturate), Wiehern (bellow, bleat, neigh, neighing, to neigh, whinny), Schreien (bawl, call, call out, clamor, clamour, crow, cry, cry out, cry up, crying, honk, hoot, howl, moan, scream, scream out, screech, shout, shouting, shriek, squall, squeal, to clamour, to scream, to screech, to squall, vociferate, wail, whoop, yell, yell out), Schrei (call, crow, cry, honk, hoot, howl, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squall, squeal, yell), Schmettern (belt out, blare, clash, dashing, hit a smash, slam, smash, to clash), iahen (hee haw), Gewieher. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Ογκένισμα, Ογκανίζω, γκαρίζω, "κάρισμα, "καρίζω, ίοπανίζω. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ּ "וק, ׀עירת ִחמור, ׀"ק". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

trombitarecsegés, trombitaharsogás, szamárordítás, Szamárbõgés, szamárbőgés, lármás tiltakozás, Iázik (heehaw), hangos tiltakozás, hangos ostoba beszéd. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ringkikan, meringkik (neigh, whinny), menggerus (crush, grind). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Raglio (braying), Ragliare (heehaw). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

소음 (Noise). (various references)

   

Manx

  

caayney (beg, chant, drawl, whine), caayn (lay, lay poetry, song, whine), beihll (grind, pulverization, pulverize). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aybray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

zurro (heehaw), zurrar (heehaw), triturar (basil, break, bruise, champ, crunch, crush, disintegrate, grind, lead on, mash, masticate, mill, pound, powder, scrunch, spall, talcum, triturate), esmagar (bash, basil, break, bruise, crush, jam, kibble, lead on, mash, meal, overwhelm, pound, press, pulverize, shatter, smash, squash, squelch, suppress, triturate, whelm), diluir (adulterate, attenuate, dilute, merge, water). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Zbieret De Mãgar, Zbiera (bawl, bellow, bluster, cry, cry out, roar), Sunet De Trompetã (blare, flourish), Rosti Zbierând, Rage (bellow, howl, low, roar), Pisa (bother, contuse, grind, pestle, pound, pulp), Mãcina (bruise, crush, eat, fester, flour, grain, grind, mill). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

реветь (rave, roared), Кричать, Крик Осла, езкий Звук. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

pronn (bran, foon, mash, pound). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

njakati (heehaw), njakanje (hee haw, heehaw). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Rebuznar (bellow, bleat, heehaw, neigh), rebuzno (braying, heehaw). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Skria (cry, cry out, heehaw, scream, shout). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Kulak Tırmalayıcı Ses (piping), Ezmek (comminute, crunch, crush, domineer, grind, hold down, knock over, mangle, mash, oppress, overbear, overwhelm, pound, pulverize, quash, run down, run over, scrunch, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, squish, stamp, stave in, steamroller, stump, swat, trample, trample down, tread, tread under foot, tyrannize, weigh down), Dövmek (bash up, baste, batter, beat, beat out, beat up, belabor, belabour, bruise, cane, castigate, chastise, club, cudgel, drub, dust smb.'s jacket, flail, flog, forge, give a beating, give smb. a thrashing, give the stick, hammer, hide, knock about, knock around, Lam, lam into, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay in, lay into, lick, Mall, maul, pelt, pound, punish, scutch, slog, sock, spifflicate, spiflicate, swage, swinge, tan, thrash, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip, whop), anirmak, Anırmak (hee haw, heehaw), Anırma (braying, hee haw, heehaw), Anırır Gibi Bağırmak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

Нестямно епетувати, Непри"мний ізкий Звук, Товкти, "оворити "урниці. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

briwio, brefu (bleat, low), bref (bleat, lowing), pwyo (batter, beat, pound), nadu (blubber, cry out, hinder, howl, stop), malurio (crumble, molder, pound). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Bray

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

oncare, rudis. (various references)

Old French900-1400

braire. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Bray

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 27, Verse 22
Latin405VulgateSi contuderis stultum in pila quasi tisanas feriente desuper pilo non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius
Middle English1395WyclifIf thou bete togidere a fool in a morter, as hoolid barli smytende there vp on the pestel; shal not ben take awei fro hym his folie.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThough thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Victorian English1833WebsterThough thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Basic English1964OgdenEven if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

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Matched Bible Translations: Bray

LanguageProverbs Chapter 27, Verse 22
Cebuano¶ Bisan pa ikaw magadugmok sa usa ka buang sa usa ka lusong pinaagi sa usa ka alho lakip sa linubok nga trigo, Apan ang iyang binuang dili gayud mobiya gikan kaniya.
Chinese 雖 " 杵 、 將 愚 妄 人 與 " 碎 的 麥 子 一 同 搗 在 臼 中 、 他 的 愚 妄 還 是 離 不 了 他 。
CroatianDa bezumnika stuèeš tuèkom u stupi, ne bi ga ostavila ludost njegova.
DanishOm du knuste en Dåre i Morter med Støder midt imellem Gryn, hans Dårskab veg dog ej fra ham.
DutchAl stiet gij den dwaas in een mortier met een stamper, in het midden van het gestoten graan, zijn dwaasheid zou van hem niet afwijken.
FinnishSurvo hullua huhmaressa, petkelellä surveitten seassa: ei erkane hänestä hänen hulluutensa.
FrenchQuand tu pilerais l`insensé dans un mortier, Au milieu des grains avec le pilon, Sa folie ne se séparerait pas de lui.
GermanWenn du den Narren im Mörser zerstießest mit dem Stämpel wie Grütze, so ließe doch seine Narrheit nicht von ihm.
HungarianHa megtörnéd is a bolondot mozsárban mozsártörõvel a megtört gabona között, nem távoznék el õ tõle az õ bolondsága.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSekalipun orang bodoh dipukul sekeras-kerasnya, tak akan lenyap kebodohannya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJikalau kiranya orang bodoh ditumbuk dalam lesung bersama-sama dengan segala beras sekalipun, maka tiada juga bodohnya akan bercerai dari padanya.
ItalianAnche se tu pestassi lo stolto nel mortaio tra i grani con il pestello, non scuoteresti da lui la sua stoltezza.
Maori¶ Ahakoa i tukua e koe te wairangi ki te tuki i roto i te kumete i waenga i nga witi pepe, e kore tona whakaarokore e riro.
NorwegianOm du støter dåren i morteren med støteren midt iblandt grynene, så viker hans dårskap allikevel ikke fra ham.
PortugueseAinda que pisasses o insensato no gral entre grãos pilados, contudo não se apartaria dele a sua estultícia.   
RumanianPe nebun chiar dacq l-ai pisa cu pisqlogul kn piuq, kn mijlocul grqunyelor, nebunia tot n`ar iewi din el. -
RussianфПМЛЙ ЗМХ ПЗП Ч УФХ Е ЕУФПН ЧНЕУФЕ У ЪЕТОПН, ОЕ ПФ"ЕМЙФУС ПФ ОЕЗП ЗМХ ПУФШ ЕЗП.
SwedishOm du stötte den oförnuftige mortel med en stöt, bland grynen, så skulle hans oförnuft ändå gå ur honom.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bray

Derivations

Words beginning with "bray": brayed, brayer, brayers, braying, brays. (additional references)

Words ending with "bray": chambray. (additional references)

Words containing "bray": chambrays. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arby, barai, baray, barby, bari, barty, Barway, bary, beay, Berjaya, Bernay, Bhai, Borsay, braai, bracy, Braf, bragy, brah, braiw, braty, Brau, brax, braya, Braye, brayn, breay, Bregy, brei, bresy, brevy, brewy, Brey, briay, brigy, Brij, brity, briy, broy, Broyd, Brrap, buay, Burway, Ebrey, Rba. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bray"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bray" (pronounced brā")
3b r ā"Brae.
2-r ā"astray, betray, defray, dray, fray, Gray, grey, hooray, hurray, portray, pray, prey, puree, Ray, re, soiree, spray, stray, tray, Trey.

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Anagrams: Bray

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-r-y"

-1 letter: aby, arb, bar, bay, bra, ray, rya, yar.

-2 letters: ab, ar, ay, ba, by, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-r-y"
 

+1 letter: ambry, barky, barmy, barny, barye, boyar, braky, braxy, brays, yerba.

 

+2 letters: ambary, ambery, bakery, barely, barfly, barley, barony, baryes, baryon, baryta, baryte, bawdry, bayard, betray, bewray, binary, bleary, boyard, boyars, braggy, brainy, brandy, branny, brashy, brassy, bratty, brawly, brawny, brayed, brayer, bready, briary, byroad, carboy, crabby, daubry, drably, eyebar, grabby, marbly, nearby, redbay, yabber, yerbas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Cities
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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