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Definition of Bleating
1. a. Crying as a sheep does.
2. n. The cry of, or as of, a sheep.
Definition of Bleating
1. Verb. (present participle of bleat) The crying of a little lamb. ¹
2. Noun. A noise that bleats; inane or plaintive chatter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bleating
1. bleat [v] - See also: bleat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleating
Literary usage of Bleating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"CHAPTER II Scarcity if ^ooH—An Incident—Looing and bleating—Messrs. Bents —
Trade — Little Arkansas — A Nauseous Meal — A Flood — An Onset — A Hard Ride ..."
2. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1807)
"... upon them, bleating mountains. Zacynthus, Ithaca, &c. for the inhabitants.
... bleating ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Is clutched in eagle-talons, when the bird Of Jove soars skyward with his prey;
or tender Iamb From bleating mother and the broken fold Is stolen by the ..."
4. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1849)
"DEEE bleating. MAGIC BALLS. ON the following morning we were rejoined by the
rangers who had remained at the last encampment, to seek for the stray horses. ..."
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