bleed : Idioms & Phrases


bleeding heart

  • noun garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
    lyre-flower; Dicentra spectabilis; lyreflower.
  • noun someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
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bleeding tooth

  • noun gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
    Nerita peloronta.
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Love-lies-bleeding

  • noun young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
    velvet flower; tassel flower; Amaranthus caudatus.
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  • (Bot.), a species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).
Webster 1913

To make the heart bleed

  • to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.
Webster 1913