bleed

[ bleed ]

/ blid /

verb (used without object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin: to bleed from the mouth.

(of injured tissue, excrescences, etc.) to exude blood: a wart that is bleeding.

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

(of dye or paint) to run or become diffused: All the colors bled when the dress was washed.

(of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.

to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes.

to suffer wounds or death, as in battle: The soldiers bled for the cause.

(of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal: CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies.

Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming.

Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion.

Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure.

verb (used with object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

to cause to lose blood, especially surgically: Doctors no longer bleed their patients to reduce fever.

to lose or emit (blood or sap).

to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something): to bleed a pipeline of excess air.

to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve.

to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from.

Printing.

to permit (printed illustrations or ornamentation) to run off the page or sheet.
to trim the margin of (a book or sheet) so closely as to mutilate the text or illustration.

noun

Printing.

a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.

Medicine/Medical. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage: an intracranial bleed.

adjective

Printing. characterized by bleeding: a bleed page.

Verb Phrases

bleed off, to draw or extract: to bleed off sap from a maple tree; to bleed off static electricity.

Idioms for bleed

bleed white. white(def 41).

Origin of bleed

before 1000; Middle English bleden, Old English blēdan, derivative of blōd blood

OTHER WORDS FROM bleed

out·bleed, verb (used with object), out·bled, out·bleed·ing. un·bled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bleed

bled bleed blood

Words nearby bleed

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Example sentences from the Web for bled

How much of that maternal vibe we saw with Vee and the girls also bled off-screen on the set?

OITNB’s New Villain Vee, Played By Lorraine Toussaint, Speaks for the First Time |Kevin Fallon |June 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 2010, Nermine El-Hadded, also 13, bled to death in a hospital after she was operated on.

Egypt: Stop Mutilating Little Girls! |Bel Trew |April 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hot compressed air “bled” from the engines goes through these packs to cool it before it flows on into the cabin.

The Exemplary Plane at the Heart of the MH370 Mystery |Clive Irving |March 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Day and night, the man haunted the caves with his screams, cutting himself with stones until he bled.

My $295 Skype Exorcism |Scott Bixby |February 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Pulling me away from the crowd at the VFW, Flores said, “We suffered, we lost men, we bled that day.”

Black Hawk Down’s Long Shadow |Daniel Klaidman |October 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
How many victims had, like myself, sat there and been “bled”?

Hushed Up |William Le Queux
Madame is taking remedies; she was bled two days ago and has taken medicine to-day.

The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr |Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
Her lips were full and of a startling scarlet, as though they bled.

Cleo The Magnificent |Louis Zangwill
He physicked indiscriminately, or bled or starved his patients, without paying the slightest regard to their ailments.

Peter the Whaler |W.H.G. Kingston
All day long he bled till he was so weak that he could hardly move.

Stories of Robin Hood |Bertha E. Bush

British Dictionary definitions for bled

bleed

/ (bliːd) /

verb bleeds, bleeding or bled

(intr) to lose or emit blood

(tr) to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal)

(intr) to be injured or die, as for a cause or one's country

(of plants) to exude (sap or resin), esp from a cut

(tr) informal to obtain relatively large amounts of money, goods, etc, esp by extortion

(tr) to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system) to bleed the hydraulic brakes

(intr) (of dye or paint) to run or become mixed, as when wet

to print or be printed so that text, illustrations, etc, run off the trimmed page

(tr) to trim (the edges of a printed sheet) so closely as to cut off some of the printed matter

(intr) civil engineering building trades (of a mixture) to exude (a liquid) during compaction, such as water from cement

bleed someone or something dry to extort gradually all the resources of a person or thing

one's heart bleeds used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically

noun

printing

an illustration or sheet trimmed so that some matter is bled
(as modifier)a bleed page

printing the trimmings of a sheet that has been bled

Word Origin for bleed

Old English blēdan; see blood

Medical definitions for bled

bleed

[ blēd ]

v.

To lose blood as a result of rupture or severance of blood vessels.

To take or remove blood from.

Idioms and Phrases with bled

bleed

In addition to the idiom beginning with bleed

bleed someone white

also see:

my heart bleeds for you

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bleed

verb (used without object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

verb (used with object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

noun

adjective

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Origin of bleed

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verb bleeds, bleeding or bled

noun

Word Origin for bleed

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v.

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bleed

verb (used without object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

verb (used with object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

noun

adjective

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Origin of bleed

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verb bleeds, bleeding or bled

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