blead

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bliːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English blede (“fruit, flower, offspring”), from Old English blǣd, blēd (“that which is produced, flower, blossom, fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Cognate with Scots bleed (“to produce, yield good results”), German Blüte (“flower, blossom, bloom, prosperity”); also Latin flōs (“flower, bloom”), Old Irish bláth (“flower, blossom, bloom”).

Alternative forms

• blede (obsolete)

Noun

blead (plural bleads)

1. (rare, dialectal) Fruit.

Related terms

• bloom
• blossom
• blow (“to bloom”)

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Middle English blede, from Old English blǣd (“blowing, blast, breath, inspiration”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“blowing, breath, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow up, inflate, puff up, swell”). Cognate with Old High German blāt (“blowing, wheezing, panting”).

Noun

blead (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Blowing; breath; inspiration.

Related terms

• bladder
• blast
• blow (“to puff air”)

Anagrams

• Balde, Blade, abled, albed, baled, blade