[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give forth with or as if with a bleat:He bleated his objections in a helpless rage.", "to babble; prate."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.", "any similar sound:the bleat of distant horns.", "foolish, complaining talk; babble:I listened to their inane bleat all evening."]}]