Definition of brae in English:

brae

noun breɪbreɪ

Scottish

A steep bank or hillside.
a figure was spied struggling up the brae
in place names Skara Brae
Example sentencesExamples
- He swept a hand over the luminous purple of heathery braes that sloped precipitously into the dark cleft of the Tail Burn's glen.
- Behind it are the braes of the Carse and the Sidlaw Hills and nearby are the villages of Longforgan and Inchture.
- In the centre of the village, a small side road branched away and climbed a steep brae beyond the houses and back gardens.
- Elegantly poised ‘tween towering Mt Wellington and a commanding panorama of the Derwent viewed from verdant policies, Government House, Hobart, is a Victorian Gothic pile grand enough to grace any heathered Scottish brae.
- The only trio of malt whisky flavour-influencing factors used in their production that are common to whisky and not to wine are the local burn or brae water, plus the malted grain, or barley, and the shape and size of the pot still.
- Last year, while the guys were getting to grips with lochs and braes and forests, the only things to rustle up some excitement in me was a set of old rusted anchors.
- If the market you are trying to attract is people who value going to look at seabirds, sketching and kids playing, you don't want 40 cars driving through the brae, turning at the harbour and going back.
- Down the brae, the lights still burn in Girvans, the city's popular café-bar.
- Following Christmas Night Mass, there will be a recital of Christmas songs and carols at the foot of the brae, in order to raise funds for the Christmas Lighting.
- Mac's golf game, Armour said, was as bonnie as Maxwellton braes.
- A Land-Rover track past Swordland Lodge branches left, down a brae and past a cairn, through a gateway into Tarbet.
- When I returned to town, I was a good deal intoxicated, ranged the streets, and having met with a comely, fresh-looking girl, madly ventured to lie with her on the north brae of the castle hill.
- No moans about the cold, just sheer exhilaration as we swooped down the brae to more photographs.
- In pursuing him to a final confrontation across the braes and corries of the Highlands (after time to reflect during a day's fishing) Hannay attempts to save his life during a last dangerous climb at the risk of losing his.
Synonyms
high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse brá 'eyelash'. Compare with brow¹, in which a similar sense development occurred.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of brae in US English:

brae

nounbreɪbrā

Scottish

A steep bank or hillside.
a figure was spied struggling up the brae
in place names Skara Brae
Example sentencesExamples
- No moans about the cold, just sheer exhilaration as we swooped down the brae to more photographs.
- Behind it are the braes of the Carse and the Sidlaw Hills and nearby are the villages of Longforgan and Inchture.
- A Land-Rover track past Swordland Lodge branches left, down a brae and past a cairn, through a gateway into Tarbet.
- Last year, while the guys were getting to grips with lochs and braes and forests, the only things to rustle up some excitement in me was a set of old rusted anchors.
- Mac's golf game, Armour said, was as bonnie as Maxwellton braes.
- In the centre of the village, a small side road branched away and climbed a steep brae beyond the houses and back gardens.
- Down the brae, the lights still burn in Girvans, the city's popular café-bar.
- The only trio of malt whisky flavour-influencing factors used in their production that are common to whisky and not to wine are the local burn or brae water, plus the malted grain, or barley, and the shape and size of the pot still.
- Elegantly poised ‘tween towering Mt Wellington and a commanding panorama of the Derwent viewed from verdant policies, Government House, Hobart, is a Victorian Gothic pile grand enough to grace any heathered Scottish brae.
- When I returned to town, I was a good deal intoxicated, ranged the streets, and having met with a comely, fresh-looking girl, madly ventured to lie with her on the north brae of the castle hill.
- He swept a hand over the luminous purple of heathery braes that sloped precipitously into the dark cleft of the Tail Burn's glen.
- Following Christmas Night Mass, there will be a recital of Christmas songs and carols at the foot of the brae, in order to raise funds for the Christmas Lighting.
- In pursuing him to a final confrontation across the braes and corries of the Highlands (after time to reflect during a day's fishing) Hannay attempts to save his life during a last dangerous climb at the risk of losing his.
- If the market you are trying to attract is people who value going to look at seabirds, sketching and kids playing, you don't want 40 cars driving through the brae, turning at the harbour and going back.
Synonyms
high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse brá ‘eyelash’. Compare with brow, in which a similar sense development occurred.

单词	brae
释义	Definition of brae in English: brae noun breɪbreɪ Scottish A steep bank or hillside. a figure was spied struggling up the brae in place names Skara Brae Example sentencesExamples He swept a hand over the luminous purple of heathery braes that sloped precipitously into the dark cleft of the Tail Burn's glen. Behind it are the braes of the Carse and the Sidlaw Hills and nearby are the villages of Longforgan and Inchture. In the centre of the village, a small side road branched away and climbed a steep brae beyond the houses and back gardens. Elegantly poised ‘tween towering Mt Wellington and a commanding panorama of the Derwent viewed from verdant policies, Government House, Hobart, is a Victorian Gothic pile grand enough to grace any heathered Scottish brae. The only trio of malt whisky flavour-influencing factors used in their production that are common to whisky and not to wine are the local burn or brae water, plus the malted grain, or barley, and the shape and size of the pot still. Last year, while the guys were getting to grips with lochs and braes and forests, the only things to rustle up some excitement in me was a set of old rusted anchors. If the market you are trying to attract is people who value going to look at seabirds, sketching and kids playing, you don't want 40 cars driving through the brae, turning at the harbour and going back. Down the brae, the lights still burn in Girvans, the city's popular café-bar. Following Christmas Night Mass, there will be a recital of Christmas songs and carols at the foot of the brae, in order to raise funds for the Christmas Lighting. Mac's golf game, Armour said, was as bonnie as Maxwellton braes. A Land-Rover track past Swordland Lodge branches left, down a brae and past a cairn, through a gateway into Tarbet. When I returned to town, I was a good deal intoxicated, ranged the streets, and having met with a comely, fresh-looking girl, madly ventured to lie with her on the north brae of the castle hill. No moans about the cold, just sheer exhilaration as we swooped down the brae to more photographs. In pursuing him to a final confrontation across the braes and corries of the Highlands (after time to reflect during a day's fishing) Hannay attempts to save his life during a last dangerous climb at the risk of losing his. Synonyms high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa Origin Middle English: from Old Norse brá 'eyelash'. Compare with brow¹, in which a similar sense development occurred. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of brae in US English: brae nounbreɪbrā Scottish A steep bank or hillside. a figure was spied struggling up the brae in place names Skara Brae Example sentencesExamples No moans about the cold, just sheer exhilaration as we swooped down the brae to more photographs. Behind it are the braes of the Carse and the Sidlaw Hills and nearby are the villages of Longforgan and Inchture. A Land-Rover track past Swordland Lodge branches left, down a brae and past a cairn, through a gateway into Tarbet. Last year, while the guys were getting to grips with lochs and braes and forests, the only things to rustle up some excitement in me was a set of old rusted anchors. Mac's golf game, Armour said, was as bonnie as Maxwellton braes. In the centre of the village, a small side road branched away and climbed a steep brae beyond the houses and back gardens. Down the brae, the lights still burn in Girvans, the city's popular café-bar. The only trio of malt whisky flavour-influencing factors used in their production that are common to whisky and not to wine are the local burn or brae water, plus the malted grain, or barley, and the shape and size of the pot still. Elegantly poised ‘tween towering Mt Wellington and a commanding panorama of the Derwent viewed from verdant policies, Government House, Hobart, is a Victorian Gothic pile grand enough to grace any heathered Scottish brae. When I returned to town, I was a good deal intoxicated, ranged the streets, and having met with a comely, fresh-looking girl, madly ventured to lie with her on the north brae of the castle hill. He swept a hand over the luminous purple of heathery braes that sloped precipitously into the dark cleft of the Tail Burn's glen. Following Christmas Night Mass, there will be a recital of Christmas songs and carols at the foot of the brae, in order to raise funds for the Christmas Lighting. In pursuing him to a final confrontation across the braes and corries of the Highlands (after time to reflect during a day's fishing) Hannay attempts to save his life during a last dangerous climb at the risk of losing his. If the market you are trying to attract is people who value going to look at seabirds, sketching and kids playing, you don't want 40 cars driving through the brae, turning at the harbour and going back. Synonyms high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike, mesa Origin Middle English: from Old Norse brá ‘eyelash’. Compare with brow, in which a similar sense development occurred.
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