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 →

2) Of colours, to spread into each other or onto other things, like dye bleeding in the wash. tree →

3) To let air or liquid out of something, as in bleeding a radiator (usually an adult's job). tree →

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 →
• Press on the cut to stop it bleeding. tree →
• His nose bled after he was hit by the ball. tree →
• Gums can bleed if you brush too hard. tree →
• Don't wash red socks with white clothes — the colour may bleed. tree →
• A small cut bleeds for a few minutes, then a scab forms. tree →
• Call for help if someone is bleeding a lot. tree →
• The paint bled into the wet paper. tree →
• 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 →

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.
• If you hurt yourself and it bleeds a lot, press a clean cloth on it and get an adult.
• A cut is washed with clean water, pressed with a clean cloth to stop bleeding and covered.
• A bruise is bleeding under the skin; it changes colour from purple to green to yellow as the body clears it.
• A knee that pops and swells up fast after a twist may have bleeding inside the joint and needs a doctor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bleed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.