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Meanings of leech in anglès
Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
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sagnar espanyol
extraer sangre Synonyms
Examples for "bleed"
Examples for "bleed"
1
But the doctors couldn't work out the source of the internal bleed.
2
And the people bleed; yes, it is always the people who bleed.
3
You'll answer my questions, and the sincerity better bleed from your pores.
4
Arteries divided in the substance of a muscle also sometimes bleed unduly.
5
At first they bleed and burn; then they flow soft and cool.
1
Phlebotomize until she is reduced to the last point of safety.
2
Then to-morrow morning, six ---phlebotomists themselves phlebotomized secundum artem.
3
"Phlebotomize me," he whispered with a sickly grin.
1
You might as well bid him tell you who phlebotomised Romulus.
2
It won't do at all: you are teased and phlebotomised out of all poetry and patience.
Usage of leech in anglès
1
The leech came and confirmed the fact.-Thehouse was closed and barred.
2
The king hardening himself as the leech assumed a more lofty tone:
3
And now all the evening he sucked the books like a leech.
4
I would try venesection; then cup, if necessary, or leech the temple.
5
The leech farm makes a tidy profit shipping them to doctors worldwide.
6
There was nothing better than getting the upper hand with a leech.
7
He had thought Wagner was perfect but he was just a leech.
8
Now be keerful and not run afoul of the plaguey lye leech.
9
The salivary complex of the leech Haementeria depressa produces potent anticoagulant components.
10
Crime is like a leech on the body, it will have blood.
11
The leech gave him a draught of medicated wine, mixed with water.
12
Go to your ephemerides, leech, and conjure the meaning out of that.
13
Amintas meanwhile has been cured of his wounds by a Druid leech.
14
There is no horse-leech that sticks so fast as your latter-day Philistine.
15
One leech dropped suddenly off, bouncing to the ground at my feet.
16
He is a notable leech, as many men have found ere now.
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Translations for leech
espanyol
Leech through the time
Leech across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common