bleed

verb

ˈblēd How to pronounce bleed (audio)
Definition of bleednext
1
as in to grieve
to feel deep sadness or mental pain her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

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2
as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

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3
as in to drain
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely bleed water from the radiators

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4
as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

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Recent Examples of bleed Davis police are investigating the death of a man found bleeding from the head on Russell Boulevard on Sunday morning, authorities said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 While some people deprioritized work and put up strict boundaries to protect their personal time, tech use data shows that many years later, working time has bled into every hour of every day. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 Vicarious disturbance bleeds into complicity in an era when self-representation is conflated with self-branding. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The activities bleed treacherously into each other—editing can involve rewriting, and writing, certainly in my case anyway, involves self-editing. — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bleed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleed
  1. grieve
  2. drip
  3. drain
  4. squeeze
  5. mourn
  6. flow
  7. pump
  8. cheat
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  • No one could’ve blamed the grieving community for canceling the game.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Vogelsong-Parvin, in her closing argument, contended that Nakira did not act like a grieving parent.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of grieve
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  • She’s surrounded by a herd of horses and dripping in confidence.
    — Robert Lang, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
  • At the denouement, Kember is completely alone, his flat, narcotized baritone dripping onto the faded guitar notes like melted mercury.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of drip
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  • Allen drained it to extend Charlotte’s lead to 20, and then found Dennis Schröder for a high-five as Miami called a timeout.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
  • In hopes of restoring the water's blue hue, park rangers partially drained Morning Glory in the 1970s to extract debris.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of drain
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  • For hungry Southerners trying to squeeze a meal into their lunch breaks, that’s a major blunder.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Push through the soles of your feet and squeeze your glutes to drive your hips upward.
    — Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • The series focuses on a 13-year-old named Sophie, who mourns her grandfather Thomas every day in a Milan cemetery.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Riley Green, and more mourned Anderson, and honored the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s generational talent.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • From there, wine flowed as attendees tucked into filet mignon and sea bass while chatting across large burgundy floral centerpieces.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the weapons from American manufacturers purchased during the Biden administration are still flowing to Ukraine, but many of those contracts have been fulfilled.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of flow
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  • An April 9 strike on a pumping station cut throughput by about 700,000 barrels a day before Saudi Arabia restored full capacity days later.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The result could spur a global scramble to pump more oil as quickly as possible, leaving the kingdom fighting to win back market share when the conflict ends amid a glut and lower prices.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of pump
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  • But the idea that girls are being cheated is personal for some athletes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Miller—who is no stranger to extramarital tabloid scandals herself—has also mastered her getting-cheated-on performances.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
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“Bleed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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