Blate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blate
       adj : 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}]
       v : cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: {bleat}, {blat},
            {baa}]