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  • 1bleed — [blēd] vi. bled [bled] bleeding [ME bleden < OE bledan < blod, blood < IE * bhlē , var. of base * bhel , to swell > BALL1, BLOOM1] 1. to emit or lose blood 2. to suffer wounds or die in a battle or cause …

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  • 2bleed — To lose blood as a result of rupture or severance of blood vessel s. * * * bleed blēd vb, bled bled; bleed·ing vi 1) to emit or lose blood <hemophiliacs often bleed severely from the slightest scratch> 2) to escape by oozing or flowing (as… …

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  • 3bleed — [bli:d] v past tense and past participle bled [bled] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(blood)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(air/liquid)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5 bleed red ink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bledan, from blod; BLOOD] 1.) ¦(BLOOD)¦ …

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  • 4bleed — /bleed/, v., bled /bled/, bleeding, n., adj. v.i. 1. to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin: to bleed from the mouth. 2. (of injured tissue,… …

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  • 5bleed — [bliːd] verb bled PTandPP [bled] 1. [intransitive] to lose money: • Its consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million. 2. [transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of money: bleed somebody… …

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  • 6bleed — [ blid ] (past tense and past participle bled [ bled ] ) verb * ▸ 1 when blood flows out ▸ 2 when color spreads ▸ 3 make someone pay money ▸ 4 take liquid/gas from something ▸ 5 take blood from someone 1. ) intransitive to have blood flowing from …

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  • 7Bled — Bleed Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl[ o]da, Dan. bl[ o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See {Blood}.] 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by… …

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  • 8Bleed — Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl[ o]da, Dan. bl[ o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See {Blood}.] 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever… …

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  • 9bled — past tense and pp. of BLEED (Cf. bleed) (v.) …

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  • 10bleed — (v.) O.E. bledan to let blood, in M.E. and after, to let blood from surgically; also to emit blood, from P.Gmc. *blodjan emit blood (Cf. O.N. blæða, Ger. bluten), from *bhlo to swell, gush, spurt (see BLOOD (Cf. blood) (n.)). Meaning extort money …

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