- to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- to give forth with or as if with a bleat: He bleated his objections in a helpless rage.
- to babble; prate.
- the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- any similar sound: the bleat of distant horns.
- foolish, complaining talk; babble: I listened to their inane bleat all evening.
- (of a sheep, goat, or calf) to utter its characteristic plaintive cry
- to speak with any similar sound
- to whine; whimper
- the characteristic cry of sheep, goats, and young calves
- any sound similar to this
- a weak complaint or whine
