<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object)<ul><li>to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>to give forth with or as if with a bleat: He bleated his objections in a helpless rage.</li><li>to babble; prate.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.</li><li>any similar sound: the bleat of distant horns.</li><li>foolish, complaining talk; babble: I listened to their inane bleat all evening.</li></ul>