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Blame
- adjective - a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap"
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on the driver"
- attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
- expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
- harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
- put or pin the blame on
Blare
- noun - a loud harsh or strident noise
- make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"
- make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
Blase
- adjective - nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"
- uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star"
- very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"
Blate
- adjective - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"
- disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
Blaze
- noun - a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
- a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
- a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly"
- burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
- indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
- move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
- noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
- shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
- shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
Brace
- noun - a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
- a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
- a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- a structural member used to stiffen a framework
- a support that steadies or strengthens something else; "he wore a brace on his knee"
- an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
- cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
- either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
- elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
- support by bracing
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
- two items of the same kind
Brage
- noun - (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin
Brahe
- noun - Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601)
Brake
- noun - a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- anything that slows or hinders a process; "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending"
- cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"
Brame
- - Sharp passion; vexation.