English Explanatory Dictionary

bleed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
  2. To menstruate.
  3. To let or draw blood from.
  4. To take large amounts of money from.
  5. To steadily lose (something vital).
  6. To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
  7. To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
  8. To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
  9. To bleed on; to make bloody.
  10. To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
  11. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
  12. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
noun
  1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
  2. A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
  3. 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).
  4. A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
  5. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
  6. The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
  7. The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.

Pronunciation

/ˈbliːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleed.wav

Word forms

bleed bleeds bleeding bled

Etymology

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (“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”).

Antonyms

feed

Related words

bless blessing blood bloody

Derived words

bebleed bleedable bleed dry bleeder bleed for bleed for someone bleeding edge bleeding heart bleed like a pig bleed like a stuck hog bleed like a stuck pig bleed out bleed red ink bleed the lizard bleed the monkey bleed white brain bleed counterbleed crossbleed start forbleed free bleed Heartbleed if it bleeds, it leads I'm bleeding macrobleed microbleed nosebleed outbleed overbleed rebleed we all bleed red bench bleed bleed air bleed-edge bleed edge bleed hole bleed-sheet bleed-through nose bleed

Translations

Ainu: ケㇺヌ Arabic: نَزَفَ Armenian: արյունահոսել Aromanian: sãndzinedz Aromanian: sãndzinedzu Asturian: sangrar Basque: odolustu Bengali: রক্ত ঝরা Bengali: রক্ত পড়া Bulgarian: тече кръв Catalan: sagnar Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏍᎩᎠ Chinese Cantonese: 流血 Chinese Mandarin: 出血 Chinese Mandarin: 流血 Czech: krvácet Danish: bløde Dutch: bloeden Egyptian: z:n:f-D26:Z2ss Esperanto: sangi Faroese: bløða Finnish: vuotaa verta French: saigner Old French: saingnier North Frisian: bled North Frisian: blädje West-Frisian: bliede Friulian: sanganâ Galician: sangrar Georgian: სისხლის დენა Georgian: სისხლდენა German: bluten Greek: αιμορραγώ Greek: ματώνω Haitian Creole: senyen Hebrew: דִּימֵּם Hindi: रक्तस्राव White Hmong: los tshav Hungarian: vérzik Icelandic: blæða Ido: sangifar Irish: cuir fuil Italian: sanguinare Japanese: 出血する Japanese: 血を流す Kazakh: қанау Khmer: ចេញឈាម
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