What does blate mean?
Blate means (Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish..
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/bleɪt/ · adjective
(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish..
You'd say Not them; fine legs, and Ma struggling into her blouse would say You're no blate. Who told you they're fine?
Away they fly, like a party of Indians after buffaloes; while along the road, it may be, cattle are bellowing, sheep blating, dogs barking, hens cackling, and crows cawing.
Use blate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blate means (Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish..
Common synonyms include bashful, bleat, backward, blat.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You'd say Not them; fine legs, and Ma struggling into her blouse would say You're no blate. Who told you they're fine?
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