Verb She was bleeding from the face and hands. Doctors used to bleed their patients in an effort to cure them. We bled air from the tank. You'll need to bleed the car's brake lines.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
De La Cruz went to the child and allegedly squeezed his nose and mouth to silence him, causing his nose to bleed, the statement said. Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 The angry man punched a window, causing his hand to bleed.cleveland, 28 June 2022 Wall Street is bracing for interest rates to rise more than investors had anticipated just days ago, a reality that is sending stocks plummeting and causing other markets to bleed, including that for cryptocurrencies.New York Times, 13 June 2022 Hand over hand, Moore and her crews pull the nets across their skiffs, untangling each salmon from the mesh, then stabbing them with knives to bleed them before they are picked up by processing company crews that cruise the beach in trucks.Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 There are times that Goldschmidt won’t take batting practice on the field for as long as two weeks, Marmol says, while Arenado will hit until his hands bleed. Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 Taking aspirin before bed may increase the chances of damaging the stomach or intestinal lining, leading to the development of ulcers that can bleed or perforate. Russell Foster, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 And those patches can itch, hurt, crust up and bleed. Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 The keys are laser-etched to let all that sweet RGB color bleed through. Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
Noun
The launch team discovered an issue with an engine bleed in one of the rocket's four engines. Aditi Sangal, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 One of the rocket's four engines was experiencing an issue with an engine bleed prior to the launch's postponement, according to CNN. Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 But while Diener can now joke about tossing a ball in frustration that accidentally hit Crean in the face, breaking his designer eye-wear and causing a gushing nose-bleed, the ex-coach cautions to take every story with a grain of salt. Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2022 The cover art for the Collectors Edition is full-bleed; the Target edition frames its title in a red box. Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022 She was taken to a hospital for treatment of injures that were considered life-threatening, including a brain bleed. Angelina Hicks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022 Base-bleed artillery shells expel a gas into the pressure cavity behind an artillery shell in flight, reducing drag. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2022 Sensors showed during a bleed test leading up to Monday’s aborted liftoff that one of the engines did not cool down to acceptable levels. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 Mission managers suspected that the engine #3 issue was actually a problem with the bleed system, rather than the actual engine. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan, from blōd blood