bleat

«bleat» in Mova's school dictionary: The shaky «baa» sound a sheep, lamb or goat makes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (bleat, bleats, bleated, bleating); noun (a bleat, bleats)

meaning for a pupil

1) The shaky «baa» sound a sheep, lamb or goat makes. tree →

2) To make that sound. tree →

3) (informal) To complain in a weak, whining way, as in «stop bleating about it». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and farm lessons it is the name of the sheep's and goat's call (like a dog barks and a cow moos). In stories it tells the reader there are sheep nearby or that a character is moaning in a feeble way. Phrases: «bleat on about».

examples

• The lambs bleated for their mothers. tree →
• We heard the bleat of a goat in the field. tree →
• A sheep bleats, a dog barks and a cow moos. tree →
• The little lamb gave a sad bleat. tree →
• Stop bleating about your homework and just do it! (informal) tree →
• The goats bleated when the farmer brought hay. tree →
• He bleated that it was not fair. tree →

note

Regular verb: bleated, bleating. Countable noun: a bleat. Rhymes with «sheet». Animal sounds: sheep and goats bleat, horses neigh, pigs oink or grunt, ducks quack.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bleat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.