bleed
bleed
(bliːd )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense bleeds , present participle bleeding , past tense, past participle bled
1. verb
His head had struck the sink and was bleeding. [VERB]
He was bleeding profusely. [VERB]
She's going to bleed to death! [VERB + to]
bleeding uncountable noun
This results in internal bleeding.
2. verb
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 preposition]
3. verb
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5. See also nosebleed
