bleedverb
uk/bliːd/us/bliːd/bled, bledB1 [ I ] to lose blood:
Your arm is bleeding.
He was bleeding heavily.
[ T ] (in the past) to make someone lose blood, as a cure for an illness
[ T ] If you bleed a closed system such as a radiator or a brake, you remove air or liquid from it to make it work correctly.
More examples
- She was found unconscious and bleeding.
- What's the matter with your hand? It's bleeding.
- My nose was bleeding and I plugged it with cotton wool.
- He was bleeding profusely.
- By now his leg had stopped bleeding.
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Disorders & diseases of the heart & blood
- acquired agammaglobulinemia
- agammaglobulinemia
- agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
- anemic
- angina
- blood poisoning
- deep vein thrombosis
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- Ebstein's anomaly
- economy-class syndrome
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- endocarditis
- haemorrhage
- hypothermia
- leukaemia
- paediatric thrombocytopenia
- patent ductus arteriosus
- pediatric thrombocytopenia
- pericarditis
- peripheral vascular disease
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Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
Idiom(s)
bleed sb dry