Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bleat
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(bleats, bleating, bleated) 1. When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly. ...a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs. VERB: V, V-ing • Bleat is also a noun. ...the faint bleat of a distressed animal. N-COUNT 2. If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating. They are always bleating about ‘unfair’ foreign competition... Don’t come bleating to me every time something goes wrong. = whinge, whine VERB: V about n, V prep/adv, also V that c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English bleten, from Old English bl?tan; akin to Latin flere to weep, Old English bellan to roar — more at bellow Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to make the natural cry of a sheep or goat; also to utter a similar sound b. whimper 2. a. to talk complainingly or with a whine b. blather transitive verb to utter in a ~ing manner • ~er noun II. noun Date: circa 1505 1. the cry of a sheep or goat; also a similar sound the ~ of a cell phone 2. a feeble outcry, protest, or complaint ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a weak, wavering cry. 2 intr. & tr. (often foll. by out) speak or say feebly, foolishly, or plaintively. --n. 1 the sound made by a sheep, goat, etc. 2 a weak, plaintive, or foolish cry. Derivatives bleater n. bleatingly adv. Etymology: OE bl{aelig}tan (imit.) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. блеяние; мычание (теленка) 2. блеять; мычать 3. говорить тонким голосом to bleat out a protest —- слабо протестовать 4. говорить глупости; болтать; разбалтывать he bleated it all over the place —- он разболтал об этом повсюду 5. разг. ныть, жаловаться на судьбу stop bleating about your problems —- прекрати жаловаться на свои трудности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun блеяние; мычание (теленка) 2. v. 1) блеять; мычать (о теленке) 2) говорить глупости 3) ныть, скулить, жаловаться ...Англо-русский словарь
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