"braying" meaning in English

See braying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: brayings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} braying (plural brayings)
  1. An act or sound of braying.
    Sense id: en-braying-en-noun-HR7dySLa Categories (other): Sounds Disambiguation of Sounds: 70 30

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} braying
  1. present participle and gerund of bray Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bray
    Sense id: en-braying-en-verb-VjqwJKaD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

Inflected forms

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