bleed
/bliːd/verb
उच्चारण ब्लीड
ख़ून बहना
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[I]
to lose blood, especially from a wound or an injury
ख़ून बहना
- His nose was bleeding.
- Ravi's finger began to bleed when he cut it while chopping onions.
- The cut on her knee began to bleed again.
+ 2 more examples
- If a wound will not stop bleeding, see a doctor at once.
- He bled heavily after the accident and was taken to hospital.
Synonyms lose blood haemorrhage shed blood ooze
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[T] ~ sb (for sth) informal
to force somebody to pay a lot of money over a period of time
(पैसे) चूसना, लूटना
- Moneylenders bled the farmers dry.
- Dishonest contractors bled the small shopkeepers dry with hidden charges.
- High taxes and hidden fees are bleeding small traders dry.
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- The agent bled the family of all their savings before they discovered the fraud.
- Rising rents have bled many students' budgets in big cities.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bleed (irregular verb)
The forms are bleed, bled, bled. It is intransitive in the body sense: my finger is bleeding.
इसके रूप bleed, bled, bled हैं। शरीर के अर्थ में यह अकर्मक है: my finger is bleeding।
- His nose bled for ten minutes.
- The wound had bled all night.
bleed from / bleed for
Bleed from names the place, and bleed for sb means to feel great sympathy; bleed to death is to die from loss of blood.
'Bleed from' जगह बताता है, और 'bleed for sb' का अर्थ गहरी सहानुभूति है; 'bleed to death' रक्तस्राव से मरना है।
- He was bleeding from a cut on his head.
- My heart bleeds for the flood victims.
bleed sb (dry / white)
Bleed sb dry or white means to take all their money slowly; the object is the person.
'Bleed sb dry/white' का अर्थ धीरे-धीरे किसी का सारा पैसा ले लेना है; object व्यक्ति होता है।
- Loan sharks bleed poor farmers dry.
- The legal case bled the family white.
bleed (colour, ink)
Dyes and inks bleed when colour runs into another area, especially when washed.
रंग और स्याही तब 'bleed' करती है जब रंग दूसरी जगह फैल जाता है, ख़ासकर धोने पर।
- The red dress bled into the white shirt.
- The ink bled through the thin page.
+Collocations 4
adverb + bleed
heavilyprofuselyslightlyinternallybadly
- The injured man was bleeding heavily.
bleed + from
from the nosefrom a woundfrom the handfrom the gums
- Her gums bled whenever she brushed.
bleed + preposition
to deathdrywhiteintothrough
- No one should be left to bleed to death on the road.
make / start + bleed
stop the bleedingbegin to bleedcause bleedingbleeding wound
- Press the cloth to stop the bleeding.
“More examples 5
- Radhika's knee bled when she fell off the bicycle.
साइकिल से गिरने पर राधिका का घुटना खून बहने लगा।
- He bled so much that he needed a blood transfusion.
उसका इतना खून बह गया कि उसे blood transfusion की ज़रूरत पड़ी।
- The soldiers bled for their country at the border.
सैनिकों ने सीमा पर देश के लिए अपना खून बहाया।
- The ink bled through the page and ruined the writing.
स्याही पन्ने के आर-पार फैल गई और लिखावट बिगाड़ दी।
- Money-lenders bled the village dry with high interest.
साहूकारों ने ऊँचे ब्याज से गाँव का सारा पैसा चूस लिया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ His nose bleeded for an hour.
✓ His nose bled for an hour.
The past form of bleed is bled.
'Bleed' का past रूप 'bled' है।
✗ The wound has been bleeded since morning.
✓ The wound has been bleeding since morning.
After has been, use the -ing form.
'Has been' के बाद -ing रूप आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Bleed, drain and leak all describe liquid escaping, but bleed belongs to blood and colour.
Bleed, drain और leak तरल के निकलने के शब्द हैं, पर bleed खून और रंग के लिए है।
To lose blood, or for colour or ink to run.
खून बहना, या रंग या स्याही का फैल जाना।
- The cut began to bleed.
To flow away or empty, as water or strength does.
बह जाना या खाली हो जाना, जैसे पानी या ताकत।
- The water drained from the tank.
To escape slowly through a hole or crack.
छेद या दरार से धीरे-धीरे निकलना।
- The roof leaks in the monsoon.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the -ee-/-e- verb pattern: bleed/bled, feed/fed, lead/led, speed/sped.
-ee-/-e- verb pattern याद रखिए: bleed/bled, feed/fed, lead/led, speed/sped।
§Grammar and usage
Verb forms: bleed, bled, bled.
Irregular verb: bleed (खून बहना) की तीनों forms bleed, bled और bled हैं। यानी past tense और past participle दोनों में bled का प्रयोग होता है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Bleed sb dry or white (take all of somebody's money), my heart bleeds for you (often ironic, I feel sorry for you), bleeding heart (a person who is too sympathetic).
Idioms: bleed sb dry या white (किसी का सारा पैसा ले लेना), my heart bleeds for you (प्रायः व्यंग्य में, मुझे तुम्हारे लिए दुख है), bleeding heart (अत्यधिक सहानुभूति रखने वाला)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Very heavy bleeding is haemorrhage; a condition in which blood does not clot properly haemophilia; a person who gives blood a donor.
बहुत अधिक रक्तस्राव haemorrhage; जिस स्थिति में रक्त ठीक से न जमे haemophilia; रक्त देने वाला donor।