bleed

English

/ˈbliːd/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
  • (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
  • (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
  • (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
  • (intransitive) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
  • (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
  • (obsolete) To bleed on; to make bloody.
  • (intransitive) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
  • To lose sap, gum, or juice.
  • To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
  • (phonology) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bleden inherited from Old English blēdan (bleed) inherited from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (bleed).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*blōþijaną

Gloss

bleed

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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