BLEED


Meaning of BLEED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bli:d ]

( bleeds, bleeding, bled)

1.

When you bleed , you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.

His head had struck the sink and was bleeding...

She’s going to bleed to death!

VERB : V , V to n

• bleed‧ing

This results in internal bleeding.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If the colour of one substance bleeds into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way.

The colouring pigments from the skins are not allowed to bleed into the grape juice.

VERB : V prep

3.

If someone is being bled , money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.

We have been gradually bled for twelve years...

They mean to bleed the British to the utmost.

VERB : be V-ed , V n [ disapproval ]

4.

see also nosebleed

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