BAA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baa mean? 

• BAA (noun)
  The noun BAA has 1 sense:

1. the cry made by sheep

  Familiarity information: BAA used as a noun is very rare.

• BAA (verb)
  The verb BAA has 1 sense:

1. cry plaintively

  Familiarity information: BAA used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cry made by sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("baa" is a kind of...):

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

baa (cry plaintively)

• BAA (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they baa    ... he / she / it baas   
Past simple: baaed   
Past participle: baaed   
-ing form: baaing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cry plaintively

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

baa; blat; blate; bleat

Context example:

The lambs were bleating

Hypernyms (to "baa" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

baa (the cry made by sheep)