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Webster 1913 Edition

Bleating

Bleat′ing

,
Adj.
Crying as a sheep does.
Then came the shepherd back with his
bleating
flocks from the seaside.
Longfellow.

Bleat′ing

,
Noun.
The cry of, or as of, a sheep.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bleating

BLE'ATING

,
ppr.
or a. Crying as a sheep.

BLE'ATING

,
Noun.
The cry of a sheep.

Definition 2024

bleating

bleating

English

Verb

bleating

  1. present participle of bleat

Noun

bleating ‎(plural bleatings)

  1. A noise that bleats; inane or plaintive chatter.
    • 1611, The Bible, 1 Samuel 15:14:
      And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
    • 2008, Wayne Errington & ‎Peter Van Onselen, John Winston Howard: The Definitive Biography, page 317:
      Both men seemed to enjoy these contests, always laced with the tension caused by constant government bleating about the ABC's left-wing bias.

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