blake

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see also: Blake

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Adjective

blake (comparative blaker, superlative blakest)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, poetic) Pale; wan; sallow; yellow.

Synonyms

• (sickly pale) see also Thesaurus:pallid

Verb

blake (blakes, present participle blaking; past and past participle blaked)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pale.

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Blake

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bleɪk/

Proper noun

1. Surname, derived from black (dark haired), or from Old English blac, pale or fair.
2. Surname anglicised from Irish Ó Bláthmhaic.
3. A male given name.
4. (rather rare) A female given name.

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