bleed
verb (used without object)
to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin.
bled
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past participleof bleed.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bleed.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bleedverb (used without object)to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin.
Example Sentences
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That felt like a taunt as deindustrialization bled the city out.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
That bled into the 20 or so other pieces Watts wrote, which also appear in dozens of international spin-offs.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
“It’s a national concern, it’s now a state concern, and now it’s bled into the local concern,” Hanford Mayor Mark Kairis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
That has bled into Asia, with 10-year Japanese government bond yields touching a 30-year high on Monday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The colors bled one into the next, making the tree look like a sky, pink apples bobbing from cloudlike leaves.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
