- blate
- blate late v.
to of sheep, goats, or calves.
Syn: bleat, blat, baa, cry plaintively. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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blate — late adj. bashful; timid; sheepish; chiefly Scottish. Syn: bashful, timid, sheepish. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blate — I verb cry plaintively The lambs were bleating • Syn: ↑bleat, ↑blat, ↑baa • Derivationally related forms: ↑baa (for: ↑baa) … Useful english dictionary
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
blate — blate1 blately, adv. blateness, n. /blayt/, adj. Chiefly Scot. bashful; shy. [bef. 1000; OE blat livid, pallid, (of a sound) low (not found in ME)] blate2 /blayt/, v., blated, blating, n. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. v.i … Universalium
blate — adjective /bleɪt/ a) Bashful, sheepish. b) Dull, stupid … Wiktionary
blate — ablate oblate … Dictionnaire des rimes
blate — bashful. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
Blate, Gaspard — (c1967 ) (France) Airbrush artist who produces pinups of women in bondage … Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators
