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