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bleed

/ˈbliːd/ verb

Categories: The BodyMoney & PropertyRare Words

In Latin: sanguinō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bleed at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Lose blood from one's body.
  2. Draw blood.
    In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment
  3. Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone.
    They bled me dry--I have nothing left!

Origin

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

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