Meaning

15 senses
  1. (intransitive)To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

    If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.

    draw blood

  2. (intransitive)To menstruate.

  3. (transitive)To let or draw blood from.

    пусти́ть кровьpustítʹ krovʹ, пуска́ть кровьpuskátʹ krovʹ, проли́ть кровьprolítʹ krovʹ

    lose blood from one's body

  4. (transitive)To take large amounts of money from.

    ausbluten

  5. (transitive)To steadily lose (something vital).

    The company was bleeding talent.

  6. (intransitive)To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

    Ink traps counteract bleeding.

  7. (transitive)To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

    entlüften

  8. (transitive)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.

    High-pressure air bled from the APU is used to spin up the engines and run the APU generator and hydraulic pump, and can also be used to pressurise the cabin if necessary.

  9. (copulative, figuratively, intransitive)To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

    He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.

  10. To lose sap, gum, or juice.

    A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

  11. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.

  12. (transitive)To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

    Labialization bleeds palatalization.

Examples

333 sentences
  1. I didn't realize my nose was bleeding.

    Я не усвідомлював, що у мене з носа тече кров.

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  2. Your nose is bleeding.

    У вас носом іде кров.

    ruУ вас идёт кровь из носа.

    deDu blutest an der Nase.

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  3. Do your gums bleed?

    У вас ясна кровоточать?

    ruУ тебя кровоточат дёсны?

    deHaben Sie Zahnfleischbluten?

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  4. My knee is bleeding.

    Моє коліно кровоточить.

    deMein Knie blutet.

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  5. I'm bleeding badly.

    У мене сильна кровотеча.

    ruУ меня сильное кровотечение.

    deIch blute wie ein Schwein.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
lose blood:
Русский
By meaning 2
lose blood:
draw blood:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
lose blood:
take money from:
remove air bubbles:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

bleeds, bleeding, bled, bled
Base formbleed · to bleed
3rd person singularbleeds
Present participlebleeding
Past simplebled
Past participlebled

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybleed
he, she, itbleeds

Past simpleLesson

all personsbled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bled
he, she, ithas bled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bleed

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

24 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • bleeding bleeding
  • is bleeding bleeding
  • the bleeding bleeding
  • bleed to death
  • stop the bleeding
  • nose was bleeding

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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