ETYM Old Eng. braye, brey, brew, eyebrow, brow of a hill, hill, bank, Scot. bra, brae, bray, from AS. braew eyebrow, influenced by the allied Icel. brae eyebrow, bank, also akin to AS. bra eyebrow. Related to Brow.
The cry of an ass.

1. Lamentation, complaint
2. A low prolonged sound of pain or of grief

(Homonym: mown).
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
2. To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate.

1. To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.
2. To complain loudly; to lament.