Synonyms of the word

bleed

• v. (intransitive, of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
• v. (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
• v. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
• v. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
• v. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth…
• v. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.
• v. (intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
• v. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
• v. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
• v. (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological…
• n. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
• n. (printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for…
• n. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that…

diffuse

• v. (transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or…
• v. (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion…
• adj. Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

discharge

• v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
• v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
• v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
• v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
• v. To expel or let go.
• v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
• v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
• v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
• v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
• v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
• v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
• v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
• v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
• v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
• v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
• v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
• n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
• n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
• n. the act of expelling or letting go.
• n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
• n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
• n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
• n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…

eject

• v. (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
• v. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
• v. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
• v. (intransitive) To project oneself from an aircraft.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
• v. (intransitive) To come out of a machine.
• n. (uncountable) A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
• n. (psychology, countable) (by analogy with subject and object) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness.

empty

• adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
• adj. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having…
• adj. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
• adj. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
• adj. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
• adj. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
• adj. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
• adj. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
• adj. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
• v. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
• n. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

expel

• v. To eject or erupt.
• v. (obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
• v. (transitive) To remove from membership.
• v. (transitive) To deport.

extort

• v. (transitive) To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any…
• v. (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
• v. (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.

gouge

• n. A cut or groove, as left by something sharp.
• n. A chisel, with a curved blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.
• n. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
• n. An incising tool that cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc.
• n. (mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.
• n. (slang) Imposition; cheat; fraud.
• n. (slang) An impostor; a cheat.
• v. (transitive) To make a mark or hole by scooping.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To push, or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
• v. (transitive) To charge an unreasonably or unfairly high price.

hemorrhage

• n. A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
• v. (intransitive) To bleed copiously.
• v. (transitive) To lose (something) in copious quantities.

leech

• n. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
• n. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
• n. (medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
• v. (transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
• v. (transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.
• n. (archaic) A physician.
• n. (paganism, Heathenry) A healer.
• v. (archaic, rare) To treat, cure or heal.
• n. (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
• n. (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.

phlebotomise

• v. Alternative form of phlebotomize.

phlebotomize

• v. (transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood.
• v. (transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a person): to open a vein of (a person) to withdraw or let blood.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a phlebotomy; to open a vein to withdraw or let blood.

rack

• n. A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other.
• n. Any of various kinds of frame for holding clothes, bottles, animal fodder, mined ore, shot on a vessel,…
• n. (nautical) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes.
• n. A distaff.
• n. A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with those of a gearwheel, pinion, or worm, which is to…
• n. A bar with teeth on its face or edge, to work with a pawl as a ratchet allowing movement in one direction…
• n. A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
• n. A cranequin, a mechanism including a rack, pinion and pawl, providing both mechanical advantage and a…
• n. A set of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
• n. A cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs.
• n. (billiards, snooker, pool) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.
• n. (slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.
• n. (climbing, caving) A friction device for abseiling, consisting of a frame with five or more metal bars,…
• n. (climbing, slang) A climber's set of equipment for setting up protection and belays, consisting of runners,…
• n. A grate on which bacon is laid.
• n. (obsolete) That which is extorted; exaction.
• n. (algebra) A set with a distributive binary operation whose result is unique.
• v. To place in or hang on a rack.
• v. To torture (someone) on the rack.
• v. To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
• v. (figuratively) To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
• v. (billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
• v. (slang) To strike a male in the groin with the knee.
• v. To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic…
• v. (mining) To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
• v. (nautical) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
• v. To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
• v. To stretch a person's joints.
• v. To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir.
• v. To fly, as vapour or broken clouds.
• n. Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
• v. (brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning…
• v. (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
• n. A fast amble.
• n. (obsolete) A wreck; destruction.

release

• n. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked…
• n. (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product;…
• n. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
• n. That which is released, untied or let go.
• n. (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
• n. (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
• n. (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be…
• n. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
• v. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
• v. To make available to the public.
• v. To free or liberate; to set free.
• v. To discharge.
• v. (telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
• v. (law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying…
• v. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
• v. (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity.
• v. (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
• v. (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

run

• v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
• v. (fluids) To flow.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
• v. (social) To carry out an activity.
• v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
• v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
• v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
• v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
• v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
• v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
• v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
• v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
• v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
• v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
• v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
• v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
• v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
• v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
• v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
• v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
• v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
• v. To have growth or development.
• v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
• v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
• v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
• n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
• n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
• n. A pleasure trip.
• n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
• n. Migration (of fish).
• n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
• n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
• n. A (regular) trip or route.
• n. The route taken while running or skiing.
• n. The distance sailed by a ship.
• n. A voyage.
• n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
• n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
• n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
• n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
• n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
• n. A trial.
• n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
• n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
• n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
• n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
• n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
• n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
• n. Any sudden large demand for something.
• n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
• n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
• n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
• n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
• n. (cricket) A point scored.
• n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
• n. Unrestricted use of.
• n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
• n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
• n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
• n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
• n. A pair or set of millstones.
• n. (video games) A playthrough.
• n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
• n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
• n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
• n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
• adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
• adj. Cast in a mould.
• adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
• adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

spread

• v. (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
• v. (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
• v. (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
• v. (intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
• v. (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
• v. (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
• v. (transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
• v. (transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
• v. To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.
• n. The act of spreading.
• n. Something that has been spread.
• n. An expanse of land.
• n. A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
• n. A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
• n. A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
• n. (bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread such as butters or jams.
• n. An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
• n. Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.
• n. A numerical difference.
• n. (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
• n. (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another…
• n. (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another…
• n. (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery…
• n. (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of…
• n. (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
• n. (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
• n. (geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
• n. The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.

squeeze

• v. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
• v. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
• v. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
• n. A close or tight fit.
• n. (figuratively) A difficult position.
• n. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
• n. (slang) A romantic partner.
• n. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the…
• n. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
• n. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
• n. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
• n. (epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling…
• n. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
• n. (dated) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe…

treat

• v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
• v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
• v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
• v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
• v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
• v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
• v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
• v. To provide something special and pleasant.
• n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
• n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
• n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
• n. (obsolete) An entreaty.

wring

• v. To squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out.
• v. To obtain by force.
• v. To hold tightly and press or twist.
• v. (intransitive) To writhe; to twist, as if in anguish.
• v. To kill an animal, usually poultry, by breaking its neck by twisting.
• v. To pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
• v. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
• v. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
• v. (nautical) To bend or strain out of its position.
• n. A powerful squeezing or twisting action.