# bleed

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈbliːd/ · frequency rank #10,818

## Definitions
1. To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
2. To menstruate.
3. To let or draw blood from.
4. To take large amounts of money from.
5. To steadily lose (something vital).
6. To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
7. To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
8. To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
9. To bleed on; to make bloody.
10. To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
11. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
12. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
13. To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
14. To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin.
15. To lose money.

## Etymology
From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (“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”).

## Easily confused with
- **blue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blue)
- **blew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blew)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bred)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bree)
- **bleh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bleh)
- **blood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blood)
- **blind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blind)
- **bread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bread)
- **blues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blues)
- **bored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bored)
- **bless** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bless)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-breed)
- **blend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blend)
- **blond** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-blond)
- **boxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-boxed)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bowed)
- **booed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-booed)
- **bleep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-bleep)
- **boned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-boned)
- **breeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bleed-vs-breeds)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbleed`, `beled`, `blede`, `bleedd`, `blleed`, `lbeed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bleed