bleed

verb

ˈblēd How to pronounce bleed (audio)
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1
as in to grieve
to feel deep sadness or mental pain her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

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2
as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

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3
as in to drain
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely bleed water from the radiators

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4
as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

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Recent Examples of bleed This happens because the blood doesn't have enough clotting factors, proteins that help form clots to stop bleeding. — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025 And Hufanga will bleed Bronco blue, those who know him profess, well beyond the sidelines at Empower Field. — Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025 Their bleeding champion — at the time a former and future president — raises a defiant fist. — John Scott Lewinski, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025 Eating iron-rich foods, taking supplements, and treating heavy period bleeding with medications or procedures can help. — Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bleed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleed
  1. grieve
  2. drip
  3. drain
  4. squeeze
  5. mourn
  6. flow
  7. suck
  8. cheat
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  • Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • There is a grieving process for losing the social connection and the job.
    — Lorraine Wiseman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of grieve
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  • The euphoria courses through my body as the blood drips down my legs.
    — Andy Collinson, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Each of these works has a crenulated indentation and a line descending it (or drip as the case may be).
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of drip
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  • The iOS app optimized can over 12 hours a day without draining the battery, TwinMind says.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Without Caitlin Clark draining 3-pointers from the logo, or an undefeated South Carolina trying to remain perfect, there is no nationally captivating figure that commands the audience.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of drain
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  • Tension headaches are the most common type, and can feel like a band is squeezing your forehead, with pain extending to your scalp and neck, per the US National Library of Medicine.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of mechanical rollers, this mask uses inflating and deflating mechanisms to gently squeeze around your eyes and temples, creating a rhythmic, pulse-like massage.
    — Siena Gagliano, Allure, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • On Sunday, Battle’s cousins mourned in a relative’s apartment about a half-mile away from the shooting scene.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Another video geolocated by CNN showed women mourning among the bodies of at least twenty men in civilian clothes who appear to have been shot dead in a village near the town of al Jinderiyah.
    — Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of mourn
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  • Conversation flowed into dinner, where the crowd discovered another accessory waiting for them: a luggage tag, ready for the next trip.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
  • On the first floor, the chef’s kitchen with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances flows into the dining room.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of flow
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  • That’s the fun thing for me, is there’s no reason the next one couldn’t suck back in and be a chamber piece again.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Despite its appearance, the hummingbird’s tongue doesn't suck up nectar like a drinking straw.
    — National Geographic, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
Definition of suck
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  • More wearable tech news: Are Halliday's AI smart glasses an amazing new wearable or surefire way to cheat?
    — Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Their legal complaints argue that patients were misled about the accuracy and utility of PGT-A, cheating them out of time, money, and even dreams of having families, since some people have discarded embryos based on the test results.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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