Antonyms for bleed
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : bleed |
Phonetic Transcription : blid |
Definition of bleed
Origin :- Old English bledan "to let blood," in Middle English and after, "to let blood from surgically;" also "to emit blood," from Proto-Germanic *blodjan "emit blood" (cf. Old Norse blæða, German bluten), from *bhlo-to- "swell, gush, spurt" (see blood (n.)). Meaning "extort money from" is from 1670s. Of dyes or paints, from 1862. Related: Bled; bleeding.
- verb cause blood to flow
- verb extort
- verb grieve
- He saw he was due to bleed to death and he took a shorter way!
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Don't let me count three till you're after me, or I'll bleed ye!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- And now, if you don't want me to bleed to death get me out of this slop, and--yes,--easy!
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- By mistake he hit himself in the nose and it began to bleed.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- If Hermione could have heard them her torn heart might perhaps have ceased to bleed.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- "A quitter will quit and a bleeder will bleed," said the Kid sententiously.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- On this wild road their victim might lie and bleed to death.
- Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
- He had been taught that an animal should not bleed to death through a gunshot wound.
- Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
- Bleed him, and he sinks; stimulate him, and he goes ragin' mad. '
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- Round his thigh was a tourniquet, and in consequence he did not bleed much.
- Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
Synonyms for bleed
- ache
- agonize
- be in pain
- blackmail
- confiscate
- deplete
- drain
- exhaust
- extract
- exude
- feel for
- fleece
- gush
- hemorrhage
- impoverish
- leech
- milk
- mulct
- ooze
- open vein
- overcharge
- pauperize
- phlebotomize
- pity
- put the screws to
- rook
- run
- sap
- seep
- shed
- skin
- spurt
- squeeze
- steal
- stick
- strong-arm
- suffer
- sympathize
- trickle
- weep
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