blate

3 definitions found

blate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  blate \blate\ v.
     to of sheep, goats, or calves.
  
     Syn: bleat, blat, baa, cry plaintively.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  blate \blate\ adj.
     bashful; timid; sheepish; -- chiefly Scottish.
  
     Syn: bashful, timid, sheepish.
          [WordNet 1.5]

blate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blate
      adj 1: disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a
             tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody
             know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) [syn:
             bashful, blate]
      v 1: cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat,
           blate, blat, baa]