Beat and Bray

Beat

Beat verb - To reduce to fine particles.
Usage example: years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust

Bray and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bray" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Bray

Bray verb - To reduce to fine particles.
Usage example: bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle
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Synonyms for Bray

Beat and bray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Bray".

Nearby Words: brayed, braying, brae

Common collocations

time beat time bray time
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