1. Shy, bashful, or reluctant to speak or act.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect

1. To bleat, as a sheep or goat does.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic

Examples

• The blate child hid behind her mother during the introduction.
• He was too blate to ask for help, even when he needed it.
• The lambs began to blate as evening approached.
• She gave a blate response, barely audible to those around her.
• The blate nature of the new student made it hard for him to make friends.