fainting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
    swoon; pass out; faint; conk.

WordNet


Faint"ing noun
Definitions
  1. Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.

Webster 1913