as in grinds
to reduce to fine particles
bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle
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Recent Examples of brays
Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
The villas are new but already feel ancient (in the best possible way), pitched in a jumble of sugarcane fields, date palms, and donkey brays bellowing from the adjoining farm.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brays
Verb
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When Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro raises his hand skyward, all on-field action grinds to a halt.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Their offensive flow grinds to a halt.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Late that afternoon, Flint was sitting quietly against his tree and using a Primos can call to make bleats.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
3 Dec. 2025
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Busting out a box of instruments that turned the room into a riot of noise, Sheeran then encourage each student to share their unique sound into the mic, from saxophone bleats to fart sounds.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
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Her silver nail polish—reminiscent of the shade worn by Lou Reed (from one New York legend to another) in footage shown during Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground—sparkles as Gaga pounds the keys of her piano throughout the film.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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That game enabled the younger brother to mentally shift from a pitcher prone to walks to a pitcher who now consistently pounds the zone.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Lady Gaga, crushes, Tom Cruise, and movie theaters — the through-line for this week is obsession.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Ella Langley crushes internet troll.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere stops 35 shots for his third straight shutout, and Anaheim beats Minnesota 4-0 for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.—
Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Nothing beats the feeling of getting a new laptop.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The skin stretches out and disintegrates, posing a risk of limb amputation.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2026
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Caspar David Friedrich has sketchbooks of particular branches, twigs, barks of different trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Brays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brays. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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