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# bleed

«bleed» in Mova's school dictionary: **To lose blood from the body, because of a cut or injury** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bleed, bleeds, bled, bleeding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lose blood from the body, because of a cut or injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#m1)

2) Of colours, to spread into each other or onto other things, like dye bleeding in the wash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#m2)

3) To let air or liquid out of something, as in bleeding a radiator (usually an adult's job). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In first aid, if someone is bleeding from a cut, press firmly on it with a clean cloth or pad, raise it if possible, and tell an adult; heavy bleeding needs emergency help. Wear gloves when helping with someone else's blood if possible, and wash hands. Small cuts usually stop bleeding by themselves as blood clots and forms a scab. In science, blood carries oxygen around the body, so losing a lot is dangerous. Phrases: "bleed heavily", "stop the bleeding", "my nose is bleeding", "bleed to death", "colours bleed".

### examples

- My knee started to bleed when I fell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x1)
- Press on the cut to stop it bleeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x2)
- His nose bled after he was hit by the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x3)
- Gums can bleed if you brush too hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x4)
- Don't wash red socks with white clothes — the colour may bleed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x5)
- A small cut bleeds for a few minutes, then a scab forms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x6)
- Call for help if someone is bleeding a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x7)
- The paint bled into the wet paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x8)
- Her stepmother sent her out every day to sit by the well in the high road, there to spin until she made her fingers bleed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/#x9)

### note

Irregular verb: bleed, bled, bled (not "bleeded"). Noun: blood; adjective: bloody (which in British English is also a rude swear word). "Bleed" is the verb; "blood" is the noun.

### In the corpora

- [«No, not one little song,» replied the Rat firmly, though his heart bled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/35/)
- [If you hurt yourself and it bleeds a lot, press a clean cloth on it and get an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/244-building-and-making-things/17/)
- [A cut is washed with clean water, pressed with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and covered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/2/)
- [A bruise is bleeding under the skin; it changes colour from purple to green to yellow as the body clears it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/20/)
- [A knee that pops and swells up fast after a twist may have bleeding inside the joint and needs a doctor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/46-hurt-on-the-pitch-rolled-ankles-dead-legs-winded/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bleed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.