bleed dry
To wait until all the blood of has drained offTo wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.
» Yanni's wife bled him dry.
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2 senses(transitive)To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.
Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.
ausbluten lassen
обескро́витьobeskróvitʹ, обескро́вливатьobeskróvlivatʹ
(figuratively, informal, transitive)To take all of someone's money or resources; to bleed white.
Examples
2 sentencesYanni's wife bled him dry.
Corrupt politicians have been bleeding Algeria dry.
Translations
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Forms
bleeds dry, bleeding dry, bled dry, bled dry| Base form | bleed dry · to bleed dry |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bleeds dry |
| Present participle | bleeding dry |
| Past simple | bled dry |
| Past participle | bled dry |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.