bleed
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bleed
- /ˈbliːd/
- [ˈblɪi̯d]
Sounds like blead · Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).
verb bleeds · bleeding · bled
- To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
- To menstruate. You haven't bled. It's been over a month since your arrival, and you haven't bled.
- To let or draw blood from. "What did they die of?" I asked. "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." "He bled and purged babies?" "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway."
- To take large amounts of money from.
- To steadily lose (something vital). The company was bleeding talent.
- To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper. Ink traps counteract bleeding.
- To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose. At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.
- To bleed on; to make bloody.
- To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood. He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
- To lose sap, gum, or juice. A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
- To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision. For me the balm shall bleed.
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To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
Labialization bleeds palatalization.
Opposite: feed
- To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin. Full-page and double-page colour advertisements in the Sunday colour magazines usually bleed off the page' (or are 'bled to the margin'), […]
- To lose money. Most of the sectors are bleeding, particularly the resources sector.
noun bleeds
- An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
- A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing. When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.
- 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).
- A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
- The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hemorrhage, phlebotomize, shed blood, leech, run, bleeder, haemorrhage, haemorrhaging, nose, purge, bloodstream, seepage, gut, finger, blood, cut
Translations
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verb lose blood
| Español | sangrar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 피를 흘리다 pireul heullida |
| 日本語 | 出血する shukketsu suru, 血を流す chi o nagasu |
| 中文 | 出血 chūxiě, 流血 liúxuè, liúxiě |
| हिन्दी | रक्तस्राव raktasrāv |
| Kiswahili | -vuja damu |
| Português | sangrar, deitar sangue |
| Français | saigner |
| Deutsch | bluten |
| Italiano | sanguinare |
| Ελληνικά | αιμορραγώ aimorragó, ματώνω matóno |
| Română | sângera |
| Русский | кровоточи́ть krovotočítʹ, истека́ть кро́вью istekátʹ króvʹju |
| Tiếng Việt | chảy máu, xuất huyết |
| العربية | نَزَفَ nazafa |
| עברית | דִּימֵּם dimem |
verb draw blood
| Español | desangrar |
|---|---|
| Português | sangrar |
| Ελληνικά | αφαιμάσσω afaimásso, παίρνω αίμα paírno aíma |
| Русский | пусти́ть кровь pustítʹ krovʹ, пуска́ть кровь puskátʹ krovʹ, проли́ть кровь prolítʹ krovʹ, пролива́ть кровь prolivátʹ krovʹ |
verb take money from
| Deutsch | ausbluten |
|---|
verb spread and stain
| Español | desteñir |
|---|
verb tap off high-pressure gas
| Français | prélever |
|---|
noun incident of bleeding
| Deutsch | Blutung |
|---|
noun edge around layout
| Español | sangría, sangrado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 出血 chūxiě |
| Français | fond perdu |
| Deutsch | Beschnitt |
Talk about this word "bleed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bleed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bleed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bleed "bleed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bleed.Cite this
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title = {bleed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleed},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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