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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Bleat

· IPA /ˈbliːt/
01 v. i. To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.
imp. & p. p. Bleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleating
  1. 1.
    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.
02 n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
  1. 1.
    A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
    “The bleat of fleecy sheep.” — Chapman's Homer.