transcription, транскрипция: [ bli:t ]
( bleats, bleating, bleated)
1.
When a sheep or goat bleats , it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make.
From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
...a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs.
VERB : V , V-ing
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Bleat is also a noun.
...the faint bleat of a distressed animal.
N-COUNT
2.
If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating.
They are always bleating about ‘unfair’ foreign competition...
Don’t come bleating to me every time something goes wrong.
= whinge, whine
VERB : V about n , V prep / adv , also V that [ disapproval ]