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Synonyms for bray

Most common

comminute levigate US triturate

All synonyms

Verb

Other

blore dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

    Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me.

Forms

Past participle
brayed
e.g. brayed → grinded, beaten, pounded, crushed…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
brayrising
comminutefalling
levigatefalling
trituratefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
beat1, mash1
5 letters
pound1, crush1, grind1, blore
6 letters
crunch1, bruise1
8 letters
levigate
9 letters
pulverize3, pulverise, comminute, laevigate, triturate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pulverize3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
braire
Italiano
ragliare
Català
bramar