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- [bleed]
- /blid/
- /bliːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bleed]
- /blid/
Definitions of bleed word
- verb bleed When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness. 3
- verb bleed If the colour of one substance bleeds into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way. 3
- verb bleed If someone is being bled, money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them. 3
- verb bleed to lose or emit blood 3
- verb bleed to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal) 3
- verb bleed to be injured or die, as for a cause or one's country 3
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Origin of bleed
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English bleden, Old English blēdan, derivative of blōd blood
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Parts of speech for Bleed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bleed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bleed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bleed
verb bleed
- trickle — to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks.
- weep — to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
- ooze — (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
- drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- run — execution
Antonyms for bleed
verb bleed
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- put in — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
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