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bleed
(blēd)v. bled (blĕd), bleed·ing, bleeds
v.intr.
1. To emit or lose blood.
2. To be wounded, especially in battle.
3. To feel sympathetic grief or anguish: My heart bleeds for the victims of the air crash.
4. To exude a fluid such as sap.
5. To pay out money, especially an exorbitant amount.
6.
a. To run together or be diffused, as dyes in wet cloth.
b. To undergo or be subject to such a diffusion of color: The madras skirt bled when it was first washed.
7. To show through a layer of paint, as a stain or resin in wood.
8. To be printed so as to go off the edge or edges of a page after trimming.
v.tr.
1.
a. To take or remove blood from.
b. To extract sap or juice from.
2.
a. To draw liquid or gaseous contents from; drain.
b. To draw off (liquid or gaseous matter) from a container.
3.
a. To obtain money from, especially by improper means.
b. To drain of all valuable resources: "Politicians ... never stop inventing illicit enterprises of government that bleed the national economy" (David A. Stockman).
4.
a. To cause (an illustration, for example) to bleed.
b. To trim (a page, for example) so closely as to mutilate the printed or illustrative matter.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. An instance of bleeding.
2. Illustrative matter that bleeds.
3.
a. A page trimmed so as to bleed.
b. The part of the page that is trimmed off.
bleed off
Aerospace To decrease: "Mike reared the chopper almost vertical to bleed off airspeed" (Robert Coram).
bleed out
1. To lose or cause to lose all or almost all of the blood from the body: The victim would have bled out if the paramedics hadn't arrived quickly. The hunter bled out the deer.
2. To lose or cause to lose all or almost all of a substance: Allow the air to bleed out of the system.
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bleed
(bliːd)vb, bleeds, bleeding or bled
1. (intr) to lose or emit blood
2. (Surgery) (tr) to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal)
3. (intr) to be injured or die, as for a cause or one's country
4. (Botany) (of plants) to exude (sap or resin), esp from a cut
5. (tr) informal to obtain relatively large amounts of money, goods, etc, esp by extortion
6. (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system): to bleed the hydraulic brakes.
7. (Dyeing) (intr) (of dye or paint) to run or become mixed, as when wet
8. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to print or be printed so that text, illustrations, etc, run off the trimmed page
9. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to trim (the edges of a printed sheet) so closely as to cut off some of the printed matter
10. (Civil Engineering) (intr) civil engineering building trades (of a mixture) to exude (a liquid) during compaction, such as water from cement
11. bleed someone or something dry to extort gradually all the resources of a person or thing
12. one's heart bleeds used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
n
13. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing
a. an illustration or sheet trimmed so that some matter is bled
b. (as modifier): a bleed page.
14. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the trimmings of a sheet that has been bled
[Old English blēdan; see blood]
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bleed
(blid)v. bled (bled), bleed•ing, v.i.
1. to lose, discharge, or exude blood.
2. (of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.
3.
a. to run or become diffused: The colors bled when the dress was washed.
b. to lose or yield a substance, esp. dye: dark blue towels bleeding in hot water.
4. (of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.
5. to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you.
6. to suffer wounds or death, as in battle.
7. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page.
8. to pay out money, as when overcharged.
v.t. 9. to cause to lose blood; to draw blood from (a vein).
10. to lose or emit (blood or sap).
11. to drain or draw sap, water, etc., from.
12. to remove trapped air from, as by opening a valve: to bleed the brakes.
13. to extort money from, as by blackmail or usury.
14. to permit (printed matter) to run off the page or sheet.
n. 15. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage: an intracranial bleed.
Idioms: bleed white or dry, to deplete of all resources, money, etc., as through excessive demands.
[before 1000; Middle English bleden, Old English blēdan, derivative of blōd blood]
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bleed
Past participle: bled
Gerund: bleeding
| Imperative |
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| bleed |
| bleed |
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bleed
The loss of sap by a plant through a cut or wound.
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| Verb | 1. |  bleed - lose blood from one's body menstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" |
| 2. |  bleed - draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | |
| 3. |  bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" | |
| 4. | bleed - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" melt, melt down, run - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" crock - release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric | |
| 5. | bleed - drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine" empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" |
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bleed
verb
1. lose blood, flow, weep, trickle, gush, exude, spurt, shed blood The wound was bleeding profusely.
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Translations
يَنْزِفُنزف
krvácetodvzdušnit
bløde
sangi
حجامت کردن
ilmatavuotaa verta
krvariti
vérzik
blæîa
出血する
출혈하다
kraujuojantiskraujuoti
asiņot
sângera
krvácať
krvaveti
blöda
เลือดออก
chảy máu
bleed
[bliːd] (bled (pt, pp))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bleed
[ˈbliːd] [bled] [ˈblɛd] (pt, pp)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bleed
pret, ptp <bled>Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bleed
[bliːd] (bled (vb: pt, pp)) [blɛd]1. vi → sanguinare
his nose is bleeding → gli sanguina il naso, gli esce il sangue dal naso
to bleed to death → morire dissanguato/a
my heart bleeds for him (iro) → mi fa proprio compassione, poverino!
his nose is bleeding → gli sanguina il naso, gli esce il sangue dal naso
to bleed to death → morire dissanguato/a
my heart bleeds for him (iro) → mi fa proprio compassione, poverino!
2. vt
a. → salassare, dissanguare
b. (brakes, radiator) → spurgare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bleed
(bliːd) – past tense, past participle bled (bled) – verb to lose blood. Her nose was bleeding badly.
ˈbleeding adjective losing blood. a bleeding wound.
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bleed
→ يَنْزِفُ krvácet bløde bluten αιμορραγώ sangrar vuotaa verta saigner krvariti sanguinare 出血する 출혈하다 bloeden blø krwawić sangrar кровоточить blöda เลือดออก kanamak chảy máu 出血Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bleed
vt. sangrar, derramar, perder sangre; [profusely] desangrarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bleed
n hemorragia, sangrado; (upper, lower) GI — hemorragia digestiva (alta, baja), sangrado gastrointestinal (alto, bajo); vi (pret & pp bled) sangrarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.