BLEED
What does "BLEED" mean?
To lose blood from the body, especially from a wound.
Meanings
- To emit or lose blood. His knee was bleeding where he'd scraped it.
- Of a color or dye, to spread or seep into an adjoining area. The red ink bled into the wet paper.
- To drain liquid or air from a system, such as brakes or a radiator. You need to bleed the radiator to clear the air. technical
- To extort money from, or to drain of resources. The scheme bled investors dry. figurative
- In printing, the area of an image extended past the trim edge. Add a 3mm bleed so the color reaches the edge. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'blēdan', from Proto-Germanic '*blodjan', derived from '*blodam' ('blood') — to bleed is literally to 'do the blood thing', the verb built straight from the noun.
Remember it
BLEED has a double E like two drops in a row, and it starts the same as BLOOD (BL-).
A little poem
The red won't stay inside the careful line-
what's truly felt will always cross the design.
couplet
Wordplay
- The watercolor and the wound both said the same thing: I just couldn't keep it inside the lines.
What it teaches
What's real tends to bleed past its borders; the truest feeling is the one you can't keep neatly contained.
Quick facts
What does BLEED mean?
To lose blood from the body, especially from a wound.
Is BLEED a valid word?
Yes — BLEED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLEED?
BLEED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLEED come from?
From Old English 'blēdan', from Proto-Germanic '*blodjan', derived from '*blodam' ('blood') — to bleed is literally to 'do the blood thing', the verb built straight from the noun.
What can BLEED teach us?
What's real tends to bleed past its borders; the truest feeling is the one you can't keep neatly contained.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.