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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shed blood, bleed, hemorrhageverb

    lose blood from one's body

  2. bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomiseverb

    draw blood

    "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

  3. bleedverb

    get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone

    "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

  4. run, bleedverb

    be diffused

    "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"

  5. bleedverb

    drain of liquid or steam

    "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"

Wiktionary

  1. bleednoun

    An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

  2. bleedverb

    To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

  3. bleedverb

    To let or draw blood from an animal.

  4. bleedverb

    To take large amounts of money from.

  5. bleedverb

    To steadily lose (something vital).

    The company was bleeding talent.

  6. bleedverb

    To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

  7. bleedverb

    To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.

  8. bleedverb

    To bleed on; to make bloody.

  9. bleedverb

    To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

    He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.

  10. Etymology: From bledan, from blōþijanan, from blōþan.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Bleedverb

    To let blood; to take blood from.

    That from a patriot of distinguish’d note,
    Have bled, and purg’d me to a simple vote. Alexander Pope.

  2. To Bleedverb

    pret. I bled; I have bled.

    Etymology: bledan , Saxon.

    I bleed inwardly for my lord. William Shakespeare, Timon.

    Bleed, bleed, poor country!
    Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure;
    For goodness dare not check thee! William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Many, upon the seeing of others bleed, or strangled, or tortured, themselves are ready to faint, as if they bled. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 795.

    The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today;
    Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Alexander Pope.

    For me the balm shall bleed, and amber flow,
    The coral redden, and the ruby glow. Alexander Pope, Winds. Forest.

Wikipedia

  1. bleed

    Bleeding usually means the leakage or loss of blood from the body.

ChatGPT

  1. bleed

    Bleed refers to several concepts: 1. In printing: The term 'bleed' is used to describe a document which has images, colors, or elements that extend beyond the trim edge, leaving no white margin. This is adapted to ensure that the final trimmed document appears consistent to the very edge. 2. In medical context: Bleeding refers to the loss of blood from the body, commonly associated with physical injuries, internal health conditions, or certain medical procedures. 3. In engineering/technology: Bleeding could refer to the process of removing air from systems like in radiators or brakes in a vehicle. The specific definition varies depending on the context it is being used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bleedverb

    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. Bleedverb

    to withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers

  3. Bleedverb

    to lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence

  4. Bleedverb

    to issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision

  5. Bleedverb

    to lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded

  6. Bleedverb

    to pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause

  7. Bleedverb

    to let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein

  8. Bleedverb

    to lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap

  9. Bleedverb

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

Wikidata

  1. Bleed

    The Bleed is a fictional interdimensional realm, a comic book construct that appears in books published by DC Comics. It first appeared in Stormwatch #7, and was created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bleed

    blēd, v.i. to lose blood: to die by slaughter: to issue forth or drop as blood: to have money extorted from one: to feel great pity for, as in the phrase, 'the heart bleeds:' to be as red as blood.—v.t. to draw blood from, esp. surgically: to extort sums of money from:—pa.t. and pa.p. bled.—n. Bleed′ing, a discharge of blood: the operation of letting blood.—adj. full of compassion: emitting sap: terribly weakened by war: (Shak.) bloody. [A.S. blédan. See Blood.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bleed in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bleed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bleed in a Sentence

  1. Ryan Brown:

    Congress entrusts decision-making like this with the FDA. And they’re coming in trying to overrule that, saying this medication is unsafe because women bleed. Well, that’s part of having an abortion. It’s also part of having a pregnancy, the bottom line being that they just want to do away with abortion across the board and for any reason.

  2. Donald Trump:

    We all bleed the same red blood.

  3. Brandon Nelson:

    I was in the trauma room for maybe 20 minutes when a 28-year-old man was wheeled in with a head injury, he had also been riding a Bird scooter and had a brain bleed, so they were taking him up to emergency surgery to relieve the pressure in his head.

  4. Todd Rosenbluth:

    The departure by Bill Gross continues to negatively impact Pimco Total Return, again, this is a slow, drawn-out bleed where institutions change managers after much debate. Outflows for Pimco are likely to continue in the months to come given decisions for some were put off from pension funds, foundations and endowments.

  5. Republican Rep. Jason Lewis:

    Another thing the media is ignoring that's the return of race riots in America, in Chicago, in Philadelphia, and all across the fruited plain, there is a racial war going on, remember when we interviewed Colin Flaherty, author of a White Girl Bleed A Lot, where Colin Flaherty documents, from Minneapolis to Portland to Miami to Philadelphia, the violent racial crime that's going on, and most of it black on white, but the media choose to ignore that as well. Now, no one can discount the horrible legacy of slavery. No one can discount the sin of America's past -- but the chances today, and I want to be clear about this, I know it's provocative, but I want to be clear -- the chances today of a gang of KKK members beating up a black kid are remote compared to the opposite. A gang of black on white crime.

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