bleed
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English blēdan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijanan (“to bleed”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþan (“blood”).
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bleed (third-person singular simple present bleeds, present participle bleeding, simple past and past participle bled)
- (intransitive, of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
- (transitive) To let or draw blood from an animal.
- (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
- (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
- The company was bleeding talent.
- (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
- (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
- (obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:
- And so Sir Trystrames bledde bothe the over-shete and the neyther-shete, and the pylowes and the hede-shete.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:
- (intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
- He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
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lose blood
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draw blood
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[edit] References
- bleed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- bleed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Noun
bleed (plural bleeds)
- An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
