bleed
Forms
- present (v1)
- bleed
- past (v2)
- bled
- past participle (v3)
- bled
- present participle
- bleeding
- 3rd person singular
- bleeds
- Plural
- bleeds
Definitions
1.To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
- If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
2.To menstruate.
- You haven't bled. It's been over a month since your arrival, and you haven't bled.
3.To let or draw blood from.
4.To take large amounts of money from.
1.A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
- When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.
2.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.A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
4.An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4369
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”).
Cognates