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What is "blate"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
blate

blate \blate\ v. to of sheep, goats, or calves.

Syn: bleat, blat, baa, cry plaintively.

blate

blate \blate\ adj. bashful; timid; sheepish; -- chiefly Scottish.

Syn: bashful, timid, sheepish.

Wiktionary
blate

a. 1 (context Scotland Northern England English) bashful, sheepish. 2 (context Scotland Northern England English) dull, stupid.

WordNet
blate

  1. 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]

  2. v. cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat, blat, baa]

Wikipedia
Blate

Blate is a small settlement southwest of Dolenja Vas in the Municipality of Ribnica in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Usage examples of "blate".

If Security Director Blate was involved, things never worked out well.

It was Blate, just behind, and then she heard the unmistakable metallic snick of metal on metal.

She glanced behind her shoulder and saw that Blate and his men had taken up position along the far wall.

ER for an isolation unit in the ICU, Blate came and stood over Kahayn and Arin, who were seated at a workstation, busily entering their notes and data into the official computer record.