How do you use the word "bleed" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bleed": With a weak beat, it continues to bleed. The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.

Bleed Meaning

/ˈbliːd/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

verbTo menstruate.

Sentence Examples

With a weak beat, it continues to bleed.

The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

leech hemorrhage

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Do not touch the deep cut or it will start to ____ again.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

You may need a bandage if the cut on your arm continues to ____ today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"You haven't bled. It's been over a month since your arrival, and you haven't bled." — 2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Lady Portia Featherington:

""What did they die of?" I asked. "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." "He bled and purged babies?" "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway."" — 1979, Octavia E. Butler, Kindred, Beacon Press (2024), page 239:

"The ink bled only a little; if one raised the index card to one’s eye, it was possible to see the microscopic wisps and flicks seep out from the intended lines and curves out into the paper’s grain." — 2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 201:

"For me the balm shall bleed." — 1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

"Full-page and double-page colour advertisements in the Sunday colour magazines usually bleed off the page' (or are 'bled to the margin'), […]" — 1998, Macmillan Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising, page 35:

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