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Synonyms for bleed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bleed
Phonetic Transcription : blid

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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