blate

blate
verb
cry plaintively
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The lambs were bleating

Syn: ↑bleat, ↑blat, ↑baa
Derivationally related forms: ↑baa (for: ↑baa), ↑bleat (for: ↑bleat)
Hypernyms: ↑utter, ↑emit, ↑let out, ↑let loose
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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You can hear animals blate in the meadows

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The meadows blate with animals

adjective
disposed to avoid notice
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they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it

(`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
Syn: ↑bashful
Similar to: ↑backward
Regions: ↑Scotland

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  • blate — late v. to of sheep, goats, or calves. Syn: bleat, blat, baa, cry plaintively. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blate — late adj. bashful; timid; sheepish; chiefly Scottish. Syn: bashful, timid, sheepish. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blate — I Cleveland Dialect List shy, bashful II North Country (Newcastle) Words to bleat or bellow blate shy, bashful, timid …   English dialects glossary

  • blate — bashful, as in “Come awa in and dinna be blate” …   Scottish slang

  • blate — adjective Etymology: Middle English Date: 1535 chiefly Scottish timid, sheepish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • blate — adjective /bleɪt/ a) Bashful, sheepish. b) Dull, stupid …   Wiktionary

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  • Blate, Gaspard — (c1967 ) (France)    Airbrush artist who produces pinups of women in bondage …   Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators

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