bleed
Base form
bleed
/bliːd/
Past simple
bled
/bled/
Past participle
bled
/bled/
MeaningC1
to lose blood
to bleed someone dry
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Small cuts on your head can bleed a lot.
- Negative · Form 1Press here so that the wound doesn’t bleed.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday my nose bled for ten minutes.
- Past simple · Form 2Last week I cut my finger and it bled all over the kitchen.
- Present perfect · Form 3Your knee has bled through the plaster.
- Past perfect · Form 3By the time help came, he had bled a lot.
Watch out
Bled loses an e, as fed does: my nose bled. Bleeded and bleded are wrong.
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