bleed

English

A bleeding wound on a finger.

Etymology

From Old English blēdan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (“to bleed”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”). Compare West Frisian bliede, Dutch bloeden, German bluten, Danish bløde, Swedish blöda.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbliːd/, X-SAMPA: /"bli:d/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

bleed (third-person singular simple present bleeds, present participle bleeding, simple past and past participle bled)

1. (intransitive, of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

   If her nose bleeds try to use ice.

2. (transitive) To let or draw blood from an animal.
3. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
4. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).

   The company was bleeding talent.

5. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
6. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
7. (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.

8. (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.

Derived terms

• bleed dry
• bleeder
• bleeding heart
• bleed out
• bleed to death
• bleed white

Translations

lose blood

• Ainu: ケㇺヌ (kemnu)
• American Sign Language: 4@Nose-PalmBackFingerAcross Wiggle 4@NearNeck-PalmBackFingerAcross
• Arabic: نزف (ar) (nazafa)
• Armenian: արյունահոսել (hy) (aryunahosel) 
• Aromanian: sãndzinedzu (rup)
• Asturian: sangrar (ast)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: রক্ত ঝরা (bn), রক্ত পড়া (bn)
• Bulgarian: тече кръв (bg) (teče krǎv)
• Catalan: sagnar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出血 (cmn), 流血 (cmn) (liúxuè), 放血 (cmn) (fàngxuè)

• Czech: krvácet (cs)
• Danish: bløde (da)
• Dutch: bloeden (nl)
• Esperanto: sangi (eo)
• Faroese: bløða (fo)
• Finnish: vuotaa verta
• French: saigner (fr)
• Friulian: sanganâ
• Galician: sangrar (gl)
• Georgian: სისხლის დენა (ka) (sisxlis dena) 
• German: bluten (de)
• Greek: αιμορραγώ (el) (aimorragó) , ματώνω (el) (matóno) 
• Hebrew: דִּימֵּם (he) (dimem)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: vérzik (hu)
• Icelandic: (impersonal) blæða (is)
• Ido: sangifar (io)
• Indonesian: berdarah, mengeluarkan darah, mengucurkan darah, mengalirkan darah
• Interlingue: sanguar (ie)

• Irish: cuir fuil (ga)
• Italian: sanguinare (it)
• Japanese: 出血する (ja) (しゅっけつする, shukketsu suru), 血を流す (ちをながす, chi o nagasu)
• Jèrriais: sangni
• Khmer: ចេញឈាម (km) (jeuñ chīəum)
• Korean: 피를 흘리다 (ko)
• Latin: sanguinem mittō (la), sanguinō (la)
• Latvian: asiņot (lv)
• Lithuanian: kraujuoti (lt)
• Mongolian: хуудас дүүрэн зураг (mn) (huudas düüren zurag) 
• Occitan: sagnar (oc)
• Old French: saingnier
• Persian: حجامت کردن (fa)
• Polish: krwawić (pl)
• Portuguese: sangrar (pt)
• Romanian: sângera (ro)
• Russian: кровоточить (ru) (krovotočít’)  (seldom used, иметь кровотечение imét' krovotečénije, идёт кровь idjót krov')
• Sardinian: sambenàre (sc), sambenàri (sc), sanguinai (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: leig fuil (gd), (nose) leum (gd)
• Slovak: krvácať (sk)
• Slovene: krvaveti (sl)
• Spanish: sangrar (es)
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: blöda (sv)
• Tagalog: pagdugo (tl)
• Thai: ตกเลือด (th) (dtòk lêuat)
• Turkish: kanamak (tr) [-ar]
• Vietnamese: chảy máu (vi), xuất huyết (vi)
• Volapük: bludön (vo)
• Welsh: gwaedu (cy)
• West Frisian: bliede (fy)

draw blood

• Bulgarian: проливам кръв (bg) (prolivam krǎv), пускам кръв (bg) (puskam krǎv)
• Catalan: sagnar (ca)
• Irish: fuiligh (ga)

• Latin: dēpleō (la), phlebotomō (la)
• Portuguese: sangrar (pt)
• Tagalog: duguan (tl)

take money from

• Bulgarian: обирам (bg) (obiram)

• German: ausbluten (de)

steadily lose

• Swedish: blöda (sv)

spread and stain

• Swedish: blöda (sv)

• Tagalog: pagkalat (tl), pagtae (tl)

remove air bubbles

• Czech: odvzdušnit (cs)
• Finnish: ilmata (fi)

• Spanish: purgar (es)
• Swedish: lufta (sv)

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• Hebrew: לדמם (le'damem)

Noun

bleed (plural bleeds)

1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
2. In printing (1): a narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

Translations

incident of bleeding

• Dutch: bloeding (nl)

• German: Blutung (de)

edge around layout

• Dutch: afloop (nl)

• German: Beschnitt (de)

References

• bleed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• bleed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913