bleed

bleed
01. My son came home with a [bleeding] nose after getting into a fight at school.
02. I cut my hand, but it wasn't serious; it only [bled] for a minute or so.
03. You should apply pressure above the wound to stop the [bleeding].
04. The red on his hockey jersey [bled] into the white when we washed it.
05. The young woman [bled] to death after slitting her wrists.
06. Attila the Hun died of a [bleeding] nose on his wedding night in A.D. 453.
07. The color of the [blood] of an octopus is bluish-green.
08. Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human [blood].
09. The [bloody] civil war in Sierra Leone has claimed thousands of lives over the last few years.
10. The Aztec Indians in Central America used animal [blood] mixed with cement for their buildings, many of which are still standing today.
11. There was [blood] all over the ground where the two dogs had been fighting.
12. Police were able to identify the killer using traces of skin and [blood] found under the victim's fingernails.
13. The [bloody] knife found in the closet of the accused was obviously the murder weapon.
14. French revolutionary Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac once suggested that the tree of liberty only grows when watered by the [blood] of tyrants.
15. There is a Brazilian proverb which states that the earth is not thirsty for the [blood] of the warriors, but for the sweat of man's labor.
16. There is a German proverb which observes that both noble and common [blood] are the same color.
17. There is a Spanish proverb which states that the greatest victory is a [bloodless] victory.
18. There is an Italian proverb which states that it is the [blood] of the soldier that makes the general great.
19. If you drink and then drive, you're a [bloody] idiot!
20. Your [blood] makes a complete trip through your body in one minute.
21. The first successful [blood] transfusion was carried out in 1667, when [blood] from a sheep was given to a 15-year-old boy.
22. [Blood] is our body's main defense against germs.
23. In the 1980s, Iran fought a [bloody] war with Iraq over disputed territory.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • bleed — [bli:d] v past tense and past participle bled [bled] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(blood)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(air/liquid)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5 bleed red ink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bledan, from blod; BLOOD] 1.) ¦(BLOOD)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bleed — /bleed/, v., bled /bled/, bleeding, n., adj. v.i. 1. to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin: to bleed from the mouth. 2. (of injured tissue,… …   Universalium

  • bleed — [bliːd] verb bled PTandPP [bled] 1. [intransitive] to lose money: • Its consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million. 2. [transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of money: bleed somebody… …   Financial and business terms

  • Bleed — Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl[ o]da, Dan. bl[ o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See {Blood}.] 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleed — [ blid ] (past tense and past participle bled [ bled ] ) verb * ▸ 1 when blood flows out ▸ 2 when color spreads ▸ 3 make someone pay money ▸ 4 take liquid/gas from something ▸ 5 take blood from someone 1. ) intransitive to have blood flowing from …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Bleed — may refer to:*Bleeding, the loss of blood *Bleed (printing) *Bleed, album by German metal band Angel Dust (band) …   Wikipedia

  • Bleed — ist: ein Pseudonym des deutschen Musikers und DJs Sascha Kösch Bleed (Album), ein Album der Band Angel Dust aus dem Jahr 1999 Bleed (Film), ein Horrorfilm aus dem Jahr 2002 ein Begriff aus der Druckersprache, siehe Beschnitt Diese Seit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bleed — [v1] cause blood to flow drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, open vein, phlebotomize, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep; concept 185 bleed [v2] extort blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish,… …   New thesaurus

  • Bleed — Bleed, v. t. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein. [1913 Webster] 2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. [1913 Webster] A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller. [1913 Webster] 3. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleed — bleed; bleed·er; …   English syllables

  • bleed — [blēd] vi. bled [bled] bleeding [ME bleden < OE bledan < blod, blood < IE * bhlē , var. of base * bhel , to swell > BALL1, BLOOM1] 1. to emit or lose blood 2. to suffer wounds or die in a battle or cause …   English World dictionary

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