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 Definitions of bleed  [blid]  

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Definition of 'bleed' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) bleed
to lose, discharge, or exude blood.

2.  bleed
(of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.

3.  bleed
to run or become diffused:
The colors bled when the dress was washed.

4.  bleed
to lose or yield a substance, esp. dye: dark blue towels bleeding in hot water.

5.  bleed
(of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.

6.  bleed
to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish:
My heart bleeds for you.

7.  bleed
to suffer wounds or death, as in battle.

8.  bleed
(of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page.

9.  bleed
to pay out money, as when overcharged.

10. (v.t.) bleed
to cause to lose blood; to draw blood from (a vein).

11.  bleed
to lose or emit (blood or sap).

12.  bleed
to drain or draw sap, water, etc., from.

13.  bleed
to remove trapped air from, as by opening a valve:
to bleed the brakes.

14.  bleed
to extort money from, as by blackmail or usury.

15.  bleed
to permit (printed matter) to run off the page or sheet.

16. (n.) bleed
an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage:
an intracranial bleed.

17.  bleed
bleed white or dry, to deplete of all resources, money, etc., as through excessive demands.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME bleden, OE blēdan, der. of blōdblood)

Definition of 'bleed' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
lose blood from one's body

2. (verb) bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
draw blood
"In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

3. (verb) bleed
get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
"They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

4. (verb) run, bleed
be diffused
"These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"

5. (verb) bleed
drain of liquid or steam
"bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"


Definition of 'bleed' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) bleed
to lose blood
The cut was bleeding badly.; to try to stop the bleeding


Definition of 'bleed' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) bleed
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

2. (verb) bleed
to withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers

3. (verb) bleed
to lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence

4. (verb) bleed
to issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision

5. (verb) bleed
to lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded

6. (verb) bleed
to pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause

7. (verb) bleed
to let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein

8. (verb) bleed
to lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap

9. (verb) bleed
to draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund


Translation of 'bleed' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to lose blood
Her nose was bleeding badly.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bloei Arabic flag Arabic: يَنْزِفُ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кървя
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sangrar Czech flag Czech: krvácet German flag German: bluten
Danish flag Danish: bløde Greek flag Greek: αιμορραγώ Spanish flag Spanish: sangrar
Estonian flag Estonian: verd jooksma Farsi flag Farsi: خونریزی کردن Finnish flag Finnish: vuotaa verta
French flag French: saigner Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְדָמֵם Hindi flag Hindi: लहू निकलना
Croatian flag Croatian: krvariti Hungarian flag Hungarian: vérzik Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengalirkan darah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: blæða Italian flag Italian: sanguinare Japanese flag Japanese: 出血する
Korean flag Korean: 출혈하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kraujuoti Latvian flag Latvian: asiņot
Malay flag Malay: darah Dutch flag Dutch: bloeden Norwegian flag Norwegian: blø
Polish flag Polish: krwawić Persian flag Persian: خونریزی کردن Pashto flag Pashto: وینه تلل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sangrar Romanian flag Romanian: a sângera Russian flag Russian: кровоточить
Slovak flag Slovak: krvácať Slovenian flag Slovenian: krvaveti Serbian flag Serbian: krvariti
Swedish flag Swedish: blöda Thai flag Thai: เลือดออก Turkish flag Turkish: kanamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 出血 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кровоточити; стікати кров Urdu flag Urdu: خون بہنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chảy máu Chinese flag Chinese: 出血

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