bleed
pronunciation
How to pronounce bleed in British English:
UK [bliːd]
How to pronounce bleed in American English:
US [bliːd]
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- Verb:
- lose blood from one's body
- draw blood
- get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
- be diffused
- drain of liquid or steam
Word Origin
- bleed
- bleed: [OE] As its form suggests, bleed is a derivative of blood, but a very ancient one. From Germanic *blōtham ‘blood’ was formed the verb *blōthjan ‘emit blood’, which came into Old English as blēdan, ancestor of bleed.=> blood
- bleed (v.)
- Old English bledan "to let blood," in Middle English and after, "to let blood from surgically;" also "to emit blood," from Proto-Germanic *blodjan "emit blood" (cognates: Old Norse blæða, German bluten), from *bhlo-to- "swell, gush, spurt" (see blood (n.)). Meaning "extort money from" is from 1670s. Of dyes or paints, from 1862. Related: Bled; bleeding.
Example
- 1. If you cut your finger , it will bleed .
- 2. The pelvic wound continued to bleed , the heartto pump .
- 3. If you prick them , do they not bleed ?
- 4. I fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed !
- 5. If you cut me , do I not bleed ?