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bleed
verb
1 bleed
Lose blood from one's body.
synonyms: hemorrhage, shed blood.
Roget 809:
expend,
spend;
run through,
get through;
pay,
disburse;
ante,
ante up;
pony up [U.S.];
open the purse strings,
loose the purse strings,
untie the purse strings;
lay out,
shell out [Slang],
fork out [Slang],
fork over;
bleed;
make up a sum,
invest,
sink money.
run up debts,
run up bills
(debt)
806.
fee
etc.
(reward)
973;
pay one's way
etc.
(pay)
807;
subscribe
etc.
(give)
784;
subsidize.
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Roget 814:
be dear
etc.
adj.;
cost much,
cost a pretty penny;
rise in price,
look up.
[demand a price in excess of value]
overcharge,
bleed,
fleece,
extort.
[pay a price in excess of value]
pay too much,
pay through the nose,
pay too dear for one's whistle,
pay top dollar.
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Roget 662:
apply a remedy
etc.
n.;
doctor,
dose,
physic,
nurse,
minister to,
attend,
dress the wounds,
plaster;
drain;
prevent
etc.
706;
relieve
etc.
834;
palliate
etc.
658;
restore
etc.
660;
drench with physic;
bleed,
cup,
let blood;
manicure.
operate,
excise,
cut out;
incise.
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Roget 378:
feel pain,
experience pain,
suffer pain,
undergo pain
etc.
n.;
suffer,
ache,
smart,
bleed;
tingle,
shoot;
twinge,
twitch,
lancinate†;
writhe,
wince,
make a wry face;
sit on thorns,
sit on pins and needles.
give pain,
inflict pain;
lacerate;
pain,
hurt,
chafe,
sting,
bite,
gnaw,
gripe;
pinch,
tweak;
grate,
gall,
fret,
prick,
pierce,
wring,
convulse;
torment,
torture;
rack,
agonize;
crucify;
cruciate†,
excruciate†;
break on the wheel,
put to the rack;
flog
etc.
(punish)
972;
grate on the ear
etc.
(harsh sound)
410.
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Roget 828:
feel pain,
suffer pain,
experience pain,
undergo pain,
bear pain,
endure pain
etc.
n.,
smart,
ache
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
suffer,
bleed,
ail;
be the victim of.
labor under afflictions;
bear the cross;
quaff the bitter cup,
have a bad time of it;
fall on evil days
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go hard with,
come to grief,
fall a sacrifice to,
drain the cup of misery to the dregs,
sup full of horrors"
[Macbeth].
sit on thorns,
be on pins and needles,
wince,
fret,
chafe,
worry oneself,
be in a taking,
fret and fume;
take on,
take to heart;
cark†.
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
yearn,
repine,
pine,
droop,
languish,
sink;
give way;
despair
etc.
859;
break one's heart;
weigh upon the heart
etc.
(inflict pain)
830.
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Dutch: bloeden
2 bleed
3 bleed
Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone.
4 bleed
Be diffused.
synonym: run.
5 bleed
Drain of liquid or steam.
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