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Definition of Bleating
Bleating Bleat Bleat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bleated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bleating.] [OE. bleten, AS. bl?tan; akin to D. blaten,
bleeten, OHG. bl[=a]zan, pl[=a]zan; prob. of imitative
origin.]
To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry
like a sheep or calf.
Then suddenly was heard along the main, To low the ox,
to bleat the woolly train. --Pope
The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will
never answer a calf when he bleats. --Shak.
Bleating Bleating Bleat"ing, a.
Crying as a sheep does.
Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks
from the seaside. --Longfellow.
Bleating Bleating Bleat"ing, n.
The cry of, or as of, a sheep. --Chapman.
