"bleating" meaning in English

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      "homophone": "bleeding (with /t/-flapping)"
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          "text": "And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?",
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        "A noise that bleats."
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