| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| bleak | adjective | Without color; pale; pallid., Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds., Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast., A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay. |
| blear | verb | Dim or sore with water or rheum; — said of the eyes., Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim., To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. |
| bleat | verb i. | To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf., A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. |
| bleck | verb t. | Alt. of Blek |
| bleed | verb i. | To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose., To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers., To lose or shed one’s blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence., To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision., To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded., To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause., To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein., To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap., To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. |
| blent | of Blend, Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained., Blinded. Also (Chaucer), 3d sing. pres. Blindeth. | |
| blend | verb t. | To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound., To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain., To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors., A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins., To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. |
| blenk | verb i. | To blink; to shine; to look. |
| blest | of Bless, Blessed. | |
| bless | verb t. | To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate, To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to., To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; — applied to persons., To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, — as on food., To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one’s self)., To guard; to keep; to protect., To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences., To esteem or account happy; to felicitate., To wave; to brandish. |