Meaning

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
2. (intransitive) To menstruate.
3. (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
4. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
5. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
6. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
7. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
8. (transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.

Example Sentences

If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.

You haven't bled. It's been over a month since your arrival, and you haven't bled.

"What did they die of?" I asked. "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." "He bled and purged babies?" "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway."

The company was bleeding talent.

Ink traps counteract bleeding.

The ink bled only a little; if one raised the index card to one’s eye, it was possible to see the microscopic wisps and flicks seep out from the intended lines and curves out into the paper’s grain.

At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.

High-pressure air bled from the APU is used to spin up the engines and run the APU generator and hydraulic pump, and can also be used to pressurise the cabin if necessary.

Word Forms

• bleeds
• bleeding
• bled

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