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.
bleeds
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present tense formof bleed (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But these sights are drained of their warmth, depicted with a cold, eerie hum that, when it bleeds into the roar of suffering miles away, becomes a deafening cacophony.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Pill worries that the reassurance central-bank policy provides bleeds into monetary policy by boosting borrowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We look at this similarly to what happened with Belgium's golden generation a few years ago - a relatively small nation that simply bleeds football," said Korssund.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
The model at the foot of the bed bleeds away and is a long time restoring itself.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
