Synonyms for bleed
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
- v. 2
To menstruate.
- v. 3
To let or draw blood from.
Related words
- Word family
- bleeder bless blessing bleed-through
- Phrases
- bleed out bleed the lizard bleed the monkey bleed white brain bleed bleed key
Forms
- Past participle
- bled
e.g. bled → hemorrhaged, leeched, phlebotomised, mourned…
Example sentences
- leech The earthworm and the leech are both segmented worms.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bleed | rising | |
| leech | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1
- 5 letters
- sweat1, mourn1, leech1, exude2
- 6 letters
- sorrow2, grieve1
- 10 letters
- hemorrhage3
- 11 letters
- haemorrhage
- 12 letters
- phlebotomise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exude2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- saigner
- Italiano
- dissanguare
- Español
- sangrar
- Deutsch
- bluten