Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

    Blutung

  2. (countable, usually plural, uncountable)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.

  3. (countable, uncountable)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).

    Beschnitt

  4. (countable, uncountable)A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

  7. (uncountable)The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.

Examples

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

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

  2. Your nose is bleeding.

    У вас носом іде кров. — aandrusiak

    ruУ вас идёт кровь из носа. — stariy

    deDu blutest an der Nase. — Wolf

  3. Do your gums bleed?

    У вас ясна кровоточать? — aandrusiak

    ruУ тебя кровоточат дёсны? — odexed

    deHaben Sie Zahnfleischbluten? — xtofu80

  4. My knee is bleeding.

    Моє коліно кровоточить. — deniko

    deMein Knie blutet. — Espi

  5. I'm bleeding badly.

    У мене сильна кровотеча. — Ahha

    ruУ меня сильное кровотечение. — souris_qui_rit

    deIch blute wie ein Schwein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
incident of bleeding:
edge around layout:

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

plural: bleeds
Singularbleed
Pluralbleeds

regular

Word family

7 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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