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bleat

 (blēt)
n.
1.
a. The characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.
b. A sound similar to this cry.
2. A whining, feeble complaint.
v. bleat·ed, bleat·ing, bleats
v.intr.
1. To utter the characteristic cry of a goat or sheep.
2. To utter a sound similar to this cry, especially a whine.
v.tr.
To utter in a whining way.

[Middle English blet, from bleten, to bleat, from Old English blǣtan.]

bleat′er n.
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bleat

(bliːt)
vb
1. (intr) (of a sheep, goat, or calf) to utter its characteristic plaintive cry
2. (intr) to speak with any similar sound
3. to whine; whimper
n
4. the characteristic cry of sheep, goats, and young calves
5. any sound similar to this
6. a weak complaint or whine
[Old English blǣtan; related to Old High German blāzen, Dutch blaten, Latin flēre to weep; see blare]
ˈbleater n
ˈbleating n, adj
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bleat

(blit)
v.i.
1. to utter the cry of a sheep or goat, or a sound resembling such a cry.
2. to talk in a whining, complaining tone.
3. to babble; prate.
v.t.
4. to utter with or as if with a bleat.
n.
5. the cry of a sheep or goat.
6. any similar sound: the bleat of distant horns.
7. foolish or complaining talk; babble.
[before 1000; Middle English bleten, Old English blǣtan]
bleat′er, n.
bleat′ing•ly, adv.
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bleat


Past participle: bleated
Gerund: bleating

Imperative
bleat
bleat
Present
I bleat
you bleat
he/she/it bleats
we bleat
you bleat
they bleat
Preterite
I bleated
you bleated
he/she/it bleated
we bleated
you bleated
they bleated
Present Continuous
I am bleating
you are bleating
he/she/it is bleating
we are bleating
you are bleating
they are bleating
Present Perfect
I have bleated
you have bleated
he/she/it has bleated
we have bleated
you have bleated
they have bleated
Past Continuous
I was bleating
you were bleating
he/she/it was bleating
we were bleating
you were bleating
they were bleating
Past Perfect
I had bleated
you had bleated
he/she/it had bleated
we had bleated
you had bleated
they had bleated
Future
I will bleat
you will bleat
he/she/it will bleat
we will bleat
you will bleat
they will bleat
Future Perfect
I will have bleated
you will have bleated
he/she/it will have bleated
we will have bleated
you will have bleated
they will have bleated
Future Continuous
I will be bleating
you will be bleating
he/she/it will be bleating
we will be bleating
you will be bleating
they will be bleating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bleating
you have been bleating
he/she/it has been bleating
we have been bleating
you have been bleating
they have been bleating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bleating
you will have been bleating
he/she/it will have been bleating
we will have been bleating
you will have been bleating
they will have been bleating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bleating
you had been bleating
he/she/it had been bleating
we had been bleating
you had been bleating
they had been bleating
Conditional
I would bleat
you would bleat
he/she/it would bleat
we would bleat
you would bleat
they would bleat
Past Conditional
I would have bleated
you would have bleated
he/she/it would have bleated
we would have bleated
you would have bleated
they would have bleated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bleat - the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb1.bleat - talk whininglybleat - talk whiningly      
kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
2.bleat - cry plaintivelybleat - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

bleat

verb
1. baa, call, cry, maa a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs
2. complain, carp, fuss, moan, bitch (slang), groan, grieve, lament, grumble, whine, growl, grouse, gripe (informal), beef (slang), bemoan, whinge (informal), find fault, put the boot in (slang), bewail, kick up a fuss (informal), grouch (informal), bellyache (slang), kvetch (U.S. slang) They are always bleating about 'unfair' foreign competition.
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Translations
bečetmečet
bræge
béget
jarma
mekenti
blēt
bečaťmečať
melemek

bleat

[bliːt]
A. N
1. [of sheep, goat] → balido m
2. (= complaint) → queja f
B. VI
1. [sheep, goat] → balar
2. (= complain) → quejarse (about de) → gimotear
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bleat

[ˈbliːt]
n
(= sound) [goat, sheep] → bêlement m; [person] → chevrotement m
(= complaint) → plainte f
vi
(= make noise) [goat, sheep] → bêler; [person] → chevroter
(= complain) to bleat about sth → se plaindre de qch
(= talk foolishly) → débiter des idioties
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bleat

vi
(sheep, calf)blöken; (goat)meckern
(fig inf: = complain, moan) → meckern (inf)
n
(of sheep, calf)Blöken nt, → Geblök nt; (of goat)Meckern nt
(inf, = moan) → Meckern nt (inf), → Gemecker nt (inf)
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bleat

[bliːt]
1. nbelato
2. vibelare (fig) (fam) → piagnucolare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bleat

(bliːt) verb
to make the noise of a sheep, lamb or goat. The lamb bleated for its mother.
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Bocketts Farm Park in Fetchamis one of many farms and attractions across the county preparing for the annual baby boom, with more than 560 little bleaters expected this year alone.
As I constantly tell the great tribe of moaners and bleaters about "poverty", they should have lived and survived the wartime: rationing, very tight income for men and women in the forces, a bit of bombing thrown in for light amusement plus an absence of holidays, TV, phones and other trivia of modern life.
And of course the usual beaters have been out "boycotting" (their only "tactic") and the usual international bleaters have dutifully protested with the usual "outrage" and the largely superficial shouts of "freedom of speech," a concept that all too often the Wefmen appear to believe is a one-way street.
But from the morally outraged postings, it was clear to me that intelligibly a third of the aggrieved bleaters hadn't gotten that far.
colonial language policies that neglected Castilian and vernacular Spanish, thereby producing "a nation of stammerers"--that is, restlessly ardoring bleaters (Putnam 1941c: 21-4).
Those benefit bleaters and rampant breeders, who suckle from the State's teat.
With their sharp hooves, lizard-like eyes and dodgy teeth, these sheep are evil little bleaters.
Unfortunately for the Glibs, they are not the brave young Lougheed Tories of 1971, but rather, the same motley bleaters they've been for the last decade.