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- Dictionarybleed/bliːd/
verb
- 1. lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness: "the cut was bleeding steadily" Similar
- 2. draw blood from (someone), especially as a former method of treatment in medicine: "he didn't bleed his patients with leeches" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an instance of bleeding: "a lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed"
- 2. the escape of fluid or gas from a closed system through a valve: "check the amount of air bleed from the compressor"
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BLEED definition: 1. to lose blood: 2. (in the past) to make someone lose blood, as a cure for an illness 3. If you…. Learn more.
1. a. : to emit or lose blood. b. : to sacrifice one's blood especially in battle. 2. : to feel anguish, pain, or sympathy. a heart that bleeds at a friend's misfortune. 3. a. : to escape by oozing or flowing (as from a wound) b. : to spread into or through something gradually : seep. foreign policy bleeds into economic policy J. B. Judis. 4.
Bleed definition: to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin. See examples of BLEED used in a sentence.
14 meanings: 1. to lose or emit blood 2. to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal) 3. to be injured or die, as for a.... Click for more definitions.
[transitive] bleed somebody (for something) (informal) to force somebody to pay a lot of money over a period of time. The company seems intent on bleeding us for every penny we have. [transitive] bleed something to remove air or liquid from something so that it works correctly
to have blood coming from a place in your body. bleeding. noun [ U ] Try to stop the bleeding. (Definition of bleed from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of bleed. in Chinese (Traditional) 出血，流血, 給…放血治療, 把…抽乾，放掉…中的空氣（或液體）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 出血，流血, 给…放血治疗, 把…抽干，放掉…中的空气（或液体）… See more.
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.
a of dye, ink, paint, etc. : to spread from one area into another. The shirt's colors might bleed [= run] if you wash it in hot water. b : to gradually spread into or become something else — usually + into. Her professional life had begun to bleed [= seep] into her personal life.
bleed. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Illness & disability, Colours bleed /bliːd/ verb (past tense and past participle bled /bled/) 1 blood a) [ intransitive] to lose blood, especially because of an injury Your nose is bleeding.
Definitions of bleed. verb. lose blood from one's body. synonyms: hemorrhage, shed blood. see more. verb. draw blood. “In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment” synonyms: leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize. see more. verb. drain of liquid or steam. “ bleed the radiators” “the mechanic bled the engine” see more. verb.
