blate

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blate

The shy child was blate and hid behind his mother's skirt.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Disposed to avoid notice; bashful, shy: "blate" describes a person who is timid, reluctant to draw attention to themselves, or easily embarrassed. This usage is primarily Scottish.

  2. Verb:

    • To cry plaintively; to bleat: "blate" means to utter the weak, wavering cry characteristic of a sheep, goat, or calf.
Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The blate child hid behind his mother when visitors arrived.
    • She was too blate to speak up in the large meeting.

  • Verb:

    • The lost kid could be heard to blate from the far field.
    • The lambs blate for their mothers.
Advanced Usage
  • The adjectival use of "blate" is considered a Scottish regionalism and is uncommon in standard English.
  • The verbal use is also rare and often considered archaic or dialectal, with "bleat" being the standard modern term.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bleat (verb): The standard, more common verb for the cry of a sheep or goat.
    • The sheep bleated loudly.
  • Bashful (adjective): A direct synonym for the adjectival sense of "blate."
    • He gave a bashful smile.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: bashful, shy, timid, diffident, reticent.
  • Verb: bleat, cry, bawl (specifically for calves).
Phrasal Verbs
  • Not applicable for this word.
Related Idioms
  • Not applicable for this word.
blate

The shy child was blate and hid behind his mother's skirt.

Adjective
  1. disposed to avoid notice; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
    • they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it
Verb
  1. cry plaintively
    • The lambs were bleating

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