Thou ſowre and firme-ſet Earth / Heare not my ſteps, which they may walke, for feare / Thy very ſtones prate of my where-about, / And take the preſent horror from the time, / Which now ſutes with it.
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Prate
//pɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "prate" (170 found)
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gushhaverhocus pocushocus-pocushot airhumbugidle talkjabberjargonjawmere talkmouthmumbo jumbonarrishkeitnatterniaiserienonsensenonsense talkpack of nonsensepalaver
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Noun(4 words)
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Translations
30 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- брътвеж noun (talk to little purpose)
- бърборене noun (talk to little purpose)
- бърборя verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Czech
1 entries- tlachat noun (talk to little purpose)
Dutch
2 entries- gezwets noun (talk to little purpose)
- babbelen verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Finnish
2 entries- hölpöttää noun (talk to little purpose)
- pälättää noun (talk to little purpose)
French
1 entries- bavarder verb (to talk much, to chatter)
German
4 entries- Geschwätz noun (talk to little purpose)
- faseln verb (to talk much, to chatter)
- labern verb (to talk much, to chatter)
- plaudern verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Māori
2 entries- kotete noun (talk to little purpose)
- kotete verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Polish
1 entries- bajdurzyć noun (talk to little purpose)
Russian
4 entries- болтовня́ noun (talk to little purpose)
- пустосло́вие noun (talk to little purpose)
- трёп noun (talk to little purpose)
- болта́ть verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लपति verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- brbljati verb (to talk much, to chatter)
- lupetati verb (to talk much, to chatter)
- naklapati verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Turkish
3 entries- gevezelik noun (talk to little purpose)
- boş konuşmak verb (to talk much, to chatter)
- gevezelik etmek verb (to talk much, to chatter)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, / When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!
Source: wiktionary
Urania speaks with darken’d brow: ‘Thou pratest here where thou art least; This faith has many a purer priest, And many an abler voice than thou: […]’
Source: wiktionary
They are not so chic, these kids. They don’t haunt press receptions or opening nights; they don’t pose as street punks in the style of Bruce Springsteen, or prate of rock & Rimbaud.
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