Bled

Word BLED
Character 4
Hyphenation bled
Pronunciations /ˈbled/

Definitions and meanings of "Bled"

What do we mean by bled?

(of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

To let or draw blood from.

To take large amounts of money from.

To steadily lose (something vital).

(of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

To bleed on; to make bloody.

To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

To lose sap, gum, or juice.

To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.

(of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

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The word "bled" in example sentences

&c. -- When persons of fashion are bled, their friends send them, as soon as it is known, little presents to amuse them all that day; for which reason, the women of easy virtue are often bled, that their lovers may shew their attention, and be _bled too_. ❋ Philip Thicknesse (1755)

His face was covered with blood and dirt, for his nose had bled from the fall; an old hat, which his pirate-fisherman had given him in place of a very good one they took, had been torn at the same time, and seemed only half a hat; his great coat was gone, and his coat was French; his waistcoat being the only part of his dress that was the same as he brought from Quebec. ❋ Unknown (1793)

The man from the lightlessness in the backseat: Your middle name bled out and froze in the fibers of the carseat or the floor. ❋ Sam Pink (2009)

A year later, the Craigs 'Tossofthecoin bled from the lungs and finished last. ❋ Union-Tribune (2010)

You have probably never seen any one bled, which is a pity, as it happens; for if you had, you might have noticed (provided you had had the courage to look into the basin), that after a few seconds, the blood which had been taken away separated itself of its own accord into two portions; the one a yellowish transparent liquid, the other an opaque red mass floating on the top, and which is called the ❋ Jean Mac�� (1854)

For some colours 'bled' from the words, giving them an aura of sorts that helped them with spelling, structure and so forth. ❋ Heather McDougal (2007)

A few Fridays ago I wrote about JMT/AOTP fatigue because many of the releated albums didn't really stand out from each other either sonically, lyrically or thematically so they all kind of bled together into one long continous LP over the Summer and into the Fall. ❋ Dart Adams (2008)

If the positions of cylinder and piston be reversed, the piston pointing vertically upward and the sand "bled" into an orifice in or through it, the void caused by the outflow of this sand would be filled by sand displaced by the piston pressing upward rather than by sand from above. ❋ J. C. Meem (N/A)

Subsequently he experimented on a little bird, to ascertain if it had blood-vessels, and if it could be "bled"; he opened ❋ Albert Moll (1900)

Among the piny-resorts of North Carolina, Southern Pines justly ranks first, not only because it was the first established, but because of the excellent location and the salubrious, invigorating and health giving air, laden with the healing fragrance of the "bled" pines. ❋ North Carolina. Board Of Agriculture. (1896)

How many victims had, like myself, sat there and been "bled"? ❋ William Le Queux (1895)

The fireman had "bled" the air-brake too freely, and the liberated car, gathering momentum with every wheel-turn, surged around the circling spur track and shot out masterless on the steeper gradient of the main line. ❋ Francis Lynde (1893)

It must be remembered, in judging the fifteenth-century French tale, that just as it was to some extent hampered by the long continuing popularity of the verse _fabliau_ on the one hand, so it was, as we may say, "bled" on the other by the growing popularity of the farce, which consists of exactly the same material as the _fabliaux_ and the ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Burleigh, whom the ex-captain had "bled" and blackmailed, had passed beyond the bar of human arraignment, "dying like a gentleman" even while captive in the hands of the authorities; and so did Nevins impress his uncontradicted tale of loyal service to the State on the old weakling in command, that ❋ Charles King (1888)

Meanwhile the fortunate hunter on the other side, whose dress -- of an old slouch hat, homespun shirt and trousers, and yellow moccasins -- betokened his Indian blood, had glided from his place of concealment, and having "bled" the game stood quietly watching the red stream flow, when Philip Sterling and Rübetsahl joined the unsuccessful party. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Parkinson told House Democrats he appreciated that legislators "bled" on the issue by casting votes against coal that angered constituents in home districts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The platinum "bled" from the particle and formed larger particles with other errant platinum, leaving the more durable alloyed particles to weather on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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