Usually means: Sound made by a donkey.
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  1. brays: Merriam-Webster
  2. brays: Collins English Dictionary
  3. brays: Vocabulary.com
  4. Bray's, Brays, brays: Wordnik
  5. brays: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. brays: Wiktionary
  7. brays: Dictionary.com
  8. brays: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Brays: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. brays: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bray)

verb:  (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
verb:  (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.
verb:  (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner.
noun:  The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.
noun:  (by extension) Any discordant, grating, or harsh sound.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.
verb:  (transitive, British, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A village and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9079).
noun:  The River Bray, a river in Devon, England, that flows south to join the River Mole at Meethe.
noun:  A coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2617).
noun:  A commune in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
noun:  A commune in Eure department, Normandy, France.
noun:  A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named after an early settler.
noun:  A town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States.
noun:  A village in Kgalagadi district, Botswana, opposite Bray, South Africa.
noun:  A village in Kagisano-Molopo local municipality, North West province, South Africa, opposite Bray, Botswana.
noun:  A locality in Robe council area and Wattle Range council area, South Australia.
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