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To lose blood, especially because of an injury.

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Usage examples (18)
  • Her finger started to bleed where it had caught on a rose thorn.
  • bleed the radiators
  • Microsoft must be seeing revenue bleed from the inside.
  • If you can believe Matt Drudge, who makes my brain bleed too.
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  • We heard the lamb "bleat" (make a plaintive cry) as it began to "bleed" (to lose blood).
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