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1
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
- her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work
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2
to flow forth slowly through small openings
- pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark
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3
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
- bleed water from the radiators
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4
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings
Synonyms for bleed
- beat,
- bilk,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- hose
- [slang],
- hustle,
- mulct,
- nobble
- [British slang],
- pluck,
- ream,
- rip off,
- rook,
- screw,
- shake down,
- short,
- shortchange,
- skin,
- skunk,
- squeeze,
- stick,
- stiff,
- sting,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
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“Bleed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of bleed was before the 12th century
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