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bleed

  • verb
  • /ˈbliːd/

To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

Example

“If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.”

Other meanings

  1. To let or draw blood from.

  2. To take large amounts of money from.

Word history

From Old English "blēdan" (to bleed).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bleed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.