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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.
[ T ] (in the past) to make someone lose blood, as a cure for an illness. [ T ] If you bleed a closed system such as a radiator or a brake, you remove air or liquid from it to make it work correctly. [ I ] If color, ink, paint, etc. bleeds, it spreads beyond the edges of something onto an area that is another color:
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.
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.
Definition of bleed verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and 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.
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.
BLEED meaning: 1 : to lose or release blood because of a cut, injury, etc.; 2 : to remove blood from (a person) as part of a medical procedure that was done in past times The Britannica Dictionary mobile search
