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bleed  (bld)

v. bled (bld), bleed·ing, bleeds

v.intr.

1. To emit or lose blood.

2. To be wounded, especially in battle.

3. To feel sympathetic grief or anguish: My heart bleeds for the victims of the air crash.

4. To exude a fluid such as sap.

5. To pay out money, especially an exorbitant amount.

6.

a. To run together or be diffused, as dyes in wet cloth.

b. To undergo or be subject to such a diffusion of color: The madras skirt bled when it was first washed.

7. To show through a layer of paint, as a stain or resin in wood.

8. To be printed so as to go off the edge or edges of a page after trimming.

v.tr.

1.

a. To take or remove blood from.

b. To extract sap or juice from.

2.

a. To draw liquid or gaseous contents from; drain.

b. To draw off (liquid or gaseous matter) from a container.

3.

a. To obtain money from, especially by improper means.

b. To drain of all valuable resources: "Politicians . . . never stop inventing illicit enterprises of government that bleed the national economy" (David A. Stockman).

4.

a. To cause (an illustration, for example) to bleed.

b. To trim (a page, for example) so closely as to mutilate the printed or illustrative matter.

n.

1. An instance of bleeding.

2. Illustrative matter that bleeds.

3.

a. A page trimmed so as to bleed.

b. The part of the page that is trimmed off.

Phrasal Verb:

bleed off

Aerospace To decrease: "Mike reared the chopper almost vertical to bleed off airspeed" (Robert Coram).

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[Middle English bleden, from Old English bldan; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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bleed

Verb

[bleeding, bled]

1. to lose or emit blood

2. to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal)

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

4. Informal to obtain money, etc., from (someone), esp. by extortion

5. to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system)

6. my heart bleeds for you I am sorry for you: often used ironically [Old English blēdan]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bleed - lose blood from one's body hemorrhage, shed blood menstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
	2.	bleed - draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
	3.	bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
	4.	bleed - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" run melt, melt down, run - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" diffuse, fan out, spread out, spread - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" crock - release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
	5.	bleed - drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine" empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

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bleed

verb 1. lose blood, flow, weep, trickle, gush, exude, spurt, shed blood

verb 2. blend, run, meet, unite, mix, combine, flow, fuse, mingle, converge, ooze, seep, amalgamate, meld, intermix

verb 3. (Informal) extort, milk, squeeze, drain, exhaust, fleece

Translations

bleed [pt bled, pp ] [bliːd, blɛd] vt → sangrar [+ brakes, radiator]; desaguar

vi → sangrar

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bleed [bled , pt, pp ] [bliːd, blɛd] vt → saigner [+ brakes, radiator]; purger

vi → saigner;

my nose is bleeding → je saigne du nez

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bleed [bliːd] [bled , pt, pp ] vi → bluten;

(colour) → auslaufen

vt (brakes, radiator) → entlüften;

my nose is bleeding → ich habe Nasenbluten

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bleed [pt bled, pp ] [bliːd, blɛd] vt → dissanguare [+ brakes, radiator]; spurgare

vi → sanguinare;

my nose is bleeding → mi viene fuori sangue dal naso

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bleed

v bleed [bliːd]

to lose blood Her nose was bleeding badly. bloei يَنْزِفُ кървя krvácet bløde bluten αιμορραγώ sangrar verd jooksma خونریزی کردن vuotaa verta saigner לְדָמֵם लहू निकलना krvariti vérzik mengalirkan darah blæða sanguinare 出血する 출혈하다 kraujuoti asiņot darah bloeden blø krwawić sangrar a sângera кровоточить krvácať krvaveti krvariti blöda เลือดออก kanamak 出血 кровоточити; стікати кров'ю خون بہنا chảy máu 出血

adj bleeding

losing blood a bleeding wound. bloeiende نَزْفٌ кървящ krvácející blødning blutend που αιμορραγεί sangrante, sangriento veritsev در حال خونریزی verta vuotava saignant מדַמֵם रूधिरस्राव, लहू बहना, खून बहना krvav vérző kehilangan darah, pendarahan blæðandi sanguinante 出血している 출혈하는 kraujuojantis asiņojošs berdarah bloedend blødende krwawiący sangrento care sângerează кровоточащий krvácajúci krvaveč koji krvari blödande ซึ่งมีเลือดไหล kanayan 流血的 такий, що стікає кров'ю خون بہتا ہوا sự chảy máu 流血的