bleed : Idioms & Phrases
bleeding heart
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noun garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
lyre-flower; Dicentra spectabilis; lyreflower.
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noun someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
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bleeding tooth
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noun gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
Nerita peloronta.
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Love-lies-bleeding
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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.