Bloodless - English meaning

adjective

(of a person) suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

The doctor said you were a bit anaemic

noun

A person suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

Cumin seeds are a rich source of iron and hence very beneficial for anaemics

adjective

(of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness.

Usage examples:

Eleanor's ashen face

adjective

Made of timber from the ash tree.

Usage examples:

I slopped the stuff on and miraculously the ashen timbers of our bench and table suite turned slowl…

adjective

(of a person’s face) looking pale and gray from illness, shock, or fear

adjective

Consisting of or rich in chalk.

Usage examples:

Chalky soil

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

Usage examples:

A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

Usage examples:

Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

adjective

Resembling or suggestive of death.

Usage examples:

A deathly hush fell over the breakfast table

adjective

Seeming like death

Usage examples:

Madeline looked deathly pale., the crowd was deathly silent.

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

noun

A thing that uses up a particular resource.

Usage examples:

Nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse

adjective

Past participle of draw.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

adjective

Past participle of draw

Usage examples:

He’s not as sick as he was, but he still looks thin and drawn.

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.

Usage examples:

Grey flannel trousers

noun

Grey colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Dirty intermediate tones of grey

verb

(especially of hair) become grey with age.

Usage examples:

He had put on weight and greyed somewhat

adjective

Tuneful; not discordant.

Usage examples:

Harmonious music

adjective

Having different parts that are combined in a pleasing way

Usage examples:

A harmonious blend of colors

adjective

Affected by jaundice, in particular unnaturally yellow in complexion.

Usage examples:

The 16-year-old was walking in an alleyway between museum gardens and exhibition square when the ma…

adjective

Containing or mixed with a large amount of milk.

Usage examples:

A cup of sweet milky coffee

adjective

Having the color or thickness of milk

Usage examples:

A milky white vase

adjective

(of political protest or crime) not involving fighting or the use of physical force

Usage examples:

Gandhi was an exponent of non-violent protest., she called on volunteers to join the non-violent re…

adjective

Neatly and methodically arranged.

Usage examples:

An orderly arrangement of objects

noun

An attendant in a hospital responsible for the non-medical care of patients and the maintenance of order and cleanliness.

Usage examples:

The agreement covers staff working in various roles such as orderlies, patient care assistants, kit…

adjective

Holding the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable; peaceable.

Usage examples:

A gentle, pacifistic people

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

adjective

(of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.

Usage examples:

His face, with its wrinkled, pallid complexion

adjective

Pale and looking unhealthy

Usage examples:

He looked pallid and bloated a few years ago.

noun

A folded pastry case with a savoury filling, typically of seasoned meat and vegetables.

Usage examples:

I've always associated it with school meals, so to see it put in a shortcrust pasty is an intriguin…

adjective

(of a person's face) unhealthily pale.

Usage examples:

A pasty complexion

adjective

(of someone’s skin) pale and unhealthy looking

Usage examples:

A pasty face

adjective

Inclined to avoid conflict or dissent.

Usage examples:

An industrious, peaceable people

adjective

Free from disturbance; tranquil.

Usage examples:

His peaceful mood vanished

adjective

Having a peak.

Usage examples:

A peaked cap

adjective

Gaunt and pale from illness or fatigue.

Usage examples:

You do look a little peaked

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

adjective

(of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown colour.

Usage examples:

His skin was sallow and pitted

noun

A willow tree, especially one of a low-growing or shrubby kind.

Usage examples:

Sallows grow much faster, if they are planted within reach of water, or in a very moorish ground, o…

verb

Gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).

Usage examples:

Our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

verb

Dig a sap or saps.

Usage examples:

Having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, versaillais troops entered the city

verb

Hit with a bludgeon or club.

Usage examples:

It was nice to see someone else get sapped for a change

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

Usage examples:

She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

Usage examples:

He was a sickly child.

adjective

(of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.

Usage examples:

She was looking wan and bleary-eyed

abbreviation

Wide area network.

noun

A computer network in which the computers connected may be far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1 km.

adjective

Having a smooth, pale, translucent surface or appearance like that of wax.

Usage examples:

A canopy of waxen, creamy blooms

adjective

Of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black.

Usage examples:

A sheet of white paper

noun

White colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Garnet-red flowers flecked with white

verb

A member of a light-skinned people, especially one of european extraction.