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blate
I
verb
cry plaintively
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The lambs were bleating

Syn: ↑bleat, ↑blat, ↑baa
Derivationally related forms: ↑baa (for: ↑baa), ↑bleat (for: ↑bleat)
Hypernyms: ↑utter, ↑emit, ↑let out, ↑let loose
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

II
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.