Bleat (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The sheeps gently bleated in the green meadow as the farmer came near with their food.
- The newborn lamb began to bleat loudly and continuously until the mother picked it up in her jaws.
- As I walked into the farm, I could hear the sheep bleating loudly and competing for my attention.
- The little goats started to bleat and cry as they lost sight of their mother in the herd.
- The baby deer started to bleat softly after being separated from its mother during the night.
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Meaning 2
Talk whiningly.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The child continued to bleat about not wanting to eat her vegetables, throwing a tantrum at the dinner table.
- She was always bleating on about how unfair life was, never once stopping to think about her own actions.
- The poor man started to bleat pitifully as he recounted his sad tale of losing his job and home.
- My little sister has a habit of bleating loudly whenever she doesn't get her way.
- After losing the game, he began to bleat ceaselessly about the unfair referee and how they were robbed of victory.