Bled vs. Bleed

Bled vs. Bleed — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bled and Bleed

Bledverb

simple past tense and past participle of bleed

Bleedverb

To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.

Blednoun

(in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.

Bleedverb

(transitive) To let or draw blood from.

Bleedverb

(transitive) To take large amounts of money from.

Bleedverb

(transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).

The company was bleeding talent.
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Bleedverb

To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

Bleedverb

(transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.

Bleedverb

To bleed on; to make bloody.

Bleedverb

To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.

Bleedverb

To lose sap, gum, or juice.

A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

Bleedverb

To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.

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Bleedverb

To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

Labialization bleeds palatalization.

Bleednoun

An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

Bleednoun

(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

Bleednoun

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Bleedverb

lose blood from one's body

Bleedverb

draw blood;

In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment

Bleedverb

get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;

They bled me dry--I have nothing left!

Bleedverb

be diffused;

These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run

Bleedverb

drain of liquid or steam;

bleed the radiatorsthe mechanic bled the engine