verb
cry plaintively
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The lambs were bleating
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.