Helen Fenton

Bleeding: Definition and part of speech

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Bleeding

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bleed
  2. a. Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bleed: Definition and part of speech

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Bleed

  1. v. t. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.
  2. v. i. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
  3. v. i. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
  4. v. i. To lose or shed one’s blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
  5. v. i. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
  6. v. i. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
  7. v. i. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.
  8. v. t. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
  9. v. t. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bleeder: Definition and part of speech

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Bleeder

  1. n. One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding.
  2. n. One who, or that which, draws blood.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blaze: Definition and part of speech

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Blaze

  1. n. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor’s mark.
  2. n. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.
  3. n. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.
  4. n. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.
  5. n. A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
  6. v. t. To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.
  7. v. i. To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blazon: Definition and part of speech

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Blazon

  1. n. Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
  2. n. A shield.
  3. n. An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
  4. n. The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.