nose-bleed

nose-bleed
nose-bleed (n.) 1848, from NOSE (Cf. nose) (n.) + BLEED (Cf. bleed) (n.).

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  • nose|bleed — «NOHZ BLEED», noun, adjective. –n. a flow of blood from the nose; epistaxis. –adj. Informal. very high: »The stock market is at nosebleed levels (Barron s). She tottered to her mark on nosebleed high heels (Rolling Stone) …   Useful english dictionary

  • nose bleed — see nosebleed …   English dictionary

  • nose-bleed — …   Useful english dictionary

  • bleed — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Bleed is used after these nouns: ↑nose {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ badly, heavily, profusely ▪ internally ▪ easily …   Collocations dictionary

  • bleed — [bli:d] v past tense and past participle bled [bled] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(blood)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(air/liquid)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5 bleed red ink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bledan, from blod; BLOOD] 1.) ¦(BLOOD)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Bleed — Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl[ o]da, Dan. bl[ o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See {Blood}.] 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleed — v. 1) to bleed profusely, uncontrollably 2) (fig.) (D; intr.) to bleed for (my heart bleeds for him) 3) (D; intr.) to bleed from (to bleed from the nose) 4) (N; used with an adjective) to bleed smb. white 5) (misc.) to bleed to death * * *… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • nose — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bulbous, huge, large, long, prominent, strong ▪ little, small, tiny …   Collocations dictionary

  • nose — {{11}}nose (n.) O.E. nosu, from P.Gmc. *nusus (Cf. O.N. nös, O.Fris. nose, Du. neus, O.H.G. nasa, Ger. Nase), from PIE *nas nose (Cf. Skt. nasa, O.Pers. naham, O.C.S. nasu, Lith. nosis, L. na …   Etymology dictionary

  • bleed past tense and past participle bled — verb 1 BLOOD a) (I) to lose blood, especially because of an injury: Your nose is bleeding. | bleed profusely (=bleed a lot): Marc lay on the ground, bleeding profusely. b) (T) to take some blood from someone s body in order to treat a disease 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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