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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bleat \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bleat \Bleat\, n. A plaintive cry of or like that of a sheep. The bleat of fleecy sheep. --Chapman's Homer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bleat n : the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1: talk whiningly 2: cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: {blate}, {blat}, {baa}]
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