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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 [bliːd]

vb bleeds, bleeding, bled

1. (intr) to lose or emit blood

2. (Medicine / Surgery) (tr) to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal)

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

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants) to exude (sap or resin), esp from a cut

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

6. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system) to bleed the hydraulic brakes

7. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) (intr) (of dye or paint) to run or become mixed, as when wet

8. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to print or be printed so that text, illustrations, etc., run off the trimmed page

9. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to trim (the edges of a printed sheet) so closely as to cut off some of the printed matter

10. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) (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

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing

a.  an illustration or sheet trimmed so that some matter is bled

b.  (as modifier) a bleed page

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing the trimmings of a sheet that has been bled

[Old English blēdan; see blood]

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 The wound was bleeding profusely.

2. blend, run, meet, unite, mix, combine, flow, fuse, mingle, converge, ooze, seep, amalgamate, meld, intermix The two colours will bleed into each other.

3. (Informal) extort, milk, squeeze, drain, exhaust, fleece They mean to bleed the British to the utmost.

Translations

bleed [bliːd] (bled (pt, pp))

A. VI

1. (from cut, wound) → sangrar; [tree] → exudar
his nose is bleeding → le sangra la nariz
to bleed to death → morir desangrado
my heart bleeds for him (iro) → ¡qué pena me da!

2. [colours] → diluirse (into en) → correrse (into en)

B. VT

1. (Med) → sangrar

2. [+ brakes, radiator] → desaguar, sangrar

3. (= exploit) → desangrar, sacar los cuartos a(Sp)
to bleed sb dry or white → chupar la sangre a algn
to bleed a country dry or white → explotar despiadadamente un país

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bleed [ˈbliːd] [bled] [ˈblɛd] (pt, pp)

vi

[person, nose, head] → saigner
My nose is bleeding
BUT Je saigne du nez.
to bleed to death → saigner à mort

[colour] to bleed into sth → déteindre sur qch

vt

[+ animal] → saigner

to bleed sb dry, to bleed sb white → saigner qn à blanc

[+ brakes, radiator] → purger

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bleed pret, ptp <bled>

vi

(= lose blood) → bluten; to bleed to death → verbluten; my heart bleeds for you (iro) → ich fang gleich an zu weinen; our hearts bleed for the oppressed (liter) → wir leiden mit den Unterdrückten (geh)

(plant) → bluten, schwitzen; (wall) → schwitzen

vt

person → zur Ader lassen

(fig inf) → schröpfen (inf) → (for um), bluten lassen (inf); to bleed somebody dry or white → jdn total ausnehmen (inf)

radiator → (ent)lüften; (Aut) brakes → lüften

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bleed [bliːd] (bled (vb: pt, pp)) [blɛd]

1. vi → sanguinare
his nose is bleeding → gli sanguina il naso, gli esce il sangue dal naso
to bleed to death → morire dissanguato/a
my heart bleeds for him (iro) → mi fa proprio compassione, poverino!

2. vt

a. → salassare, dissanguare

b. (brakes, radiator) → spurgare

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bleed [bliːd] (bled (vb: pt, pp)) [blɛd]

1. vi → sanguinare
his nose is bleeding → gli sanguina il naso, gli esce il sangue dal naso
to bleed to death → morire dissanguato/a
my heart bleeds for him (iro) → mi fa proprio compassione, poverino!

2. vt

a. → salassare, dissanguare

b. (brakes, radiator) → spurgare

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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 vertavuotava saignant מדַמֵם रूधिरस्राव, लहू बहना, खून बहना krvav vérző kehilangan darah, pendarahan blæðandi sanguinante 出血している 출혈 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

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bleed → ينزف vykrvácet bløde bluten αιμορραγώ sangrar vuotaa verta saigner krvariti sanguinare 出血する 출혈하다 bloeden blø krwawić sangrar кровоточить blöda เลือดออก kanamak chảy máu 出血