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Webster 1913 Edition

Bleed

Bleed

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bleeding
.]
[OE.
bleden
, AS.
bl[GREEK]dan
, fr.
bl[GREEK]d
blood; akin to Sw.
blöda
, Dan.
blöde
, D.
bloeden
, G.
bluten
. See
Blood
.]
1.
To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means;
as, the arm
bleeds
; the wound
bled
freely; to
bleed
at the nose
.
2.
To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood;
as, Dr. A.
bleeds
in fevers
.
3.
To lose or shed one’s blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
“Cæsar must bleed.”
Shak.
The lamb thy riot dooms to
bleed
to-day.
Pope.
4.
To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
For me the balm shall
bleed
.
Pope.
5.
To lose sap, gum, or juice;
as, a tree or a vine
bleeds
when tapped or wounded
.
6.
To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted;
as, to
bleed
freely for a cause
.
[Colloq.]
To make the heart bleed
,
to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

Bleed

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
2.
To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
A decaying pine of stately size,
bleeding
amber.
H. Miller.
3.
To draw money from (one); to induce to pay;
as, they
bled
him freely for this fund
.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bleed

BLEED

,
Verb.
I.
pret. and pp. bled.
1.
To lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds.
2.
To die a violent death, or by slaughter.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day.
3.
To issue forth, or drop as blood, from an incision; to lose sap, gum or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds.
For me the balm shall bleed.
The heart bleeds, is a phrase used to denote extreme pain from sympathy or pity.

BLEED

,
Verb.
T.
To let blood; to take blood from, by opening a vein.

Definition 2024

bleed

bleed

English

A bleeding wound on a finger.

Verb

bleed ‎(third-person singular simple present bleeds, present participle bleeding, simple past and past participle bled)

  1. (intransitive, of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
    If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
  2. (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
  3. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
  4. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
    The company was bleeding talent.
  5. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
  6. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.
  8. (intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
    He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
  9. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
    A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
  10. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
    • Alexander Pope
      For me the balm shall bleed.
  11. (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
    Labialization bleeds palatalization.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bleed ‎(plural bleeds)

  1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
  2. (printing) 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).
  3. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Translations

References

  • bleed in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • bleed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Plautdietsch

Adjective

bleed

  1. shy, coy
  2. modest
  3. withdrawn
  4. timid, reticent, reluctant

Derived terms

  • Bleedheit

Etymology

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan ‎(“to bleed”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną ‎(“to bleed”), from *blōþą ‎(“blood”). Cognate with Scots blede, bleid ‎(“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede ‎(“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide ‎(“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden ‎(“to bleed”), Low German blöden ‎(“to bleed”), German bluten ‎(“to bleed”), Danish bløde ‎(“to bleed”), Swedish blöda ‎(“to bleed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbliːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

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