bleed

1. 1.

   lose blood from one's body

   Synonymsshed bloodhemorrhage

   Broaderexhaust

   Narrowermenstruate
2. 2.

   draw blood

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

   Synonymsleechphlebotomizephlebotomise

   Broadertreat

   medicine

3. 3.

   get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone

   “They bled me dry--I have nothing left!”

   Broaderextort
4. 4.

   be diffused

   “These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run”

   Synonymsrun

   Broaderdiffuse

   Narrowercrock
5. 5.

   drain of liquid or steam

   “bleed the radiators”

   “the mechanic bled the engine”

   Broaderempty

Other forms of bleed

past tense or participle

bled

present participle

bleeding·

third person

bleeds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bleed

What does bleed mean?

bleed means "lose blood from one's body". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bleed?

bleed has 1 syllable: bleed. In IPA it is /ˈblid/.

What is another word for bleed?

Close synonyms include shed blood, hemorrhage, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bleed a common word?

bleed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bleed?

1 word rhymes with bleed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.