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bebleed

bebleed verb: to cover or stain with blood; make bloody.

Verb

bebleed (third-person singular simple present bebleeds, present participle bebleeding, simple past and past participle bebled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To cover or stain with blood; make bloody.
    • And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XIV, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII
    Synonyms:
    bebloody

Synonyms of bebleed

Forms of bebleed

third-person singular presentbebleeds
present participlebebleeding
past participlebebled
pastbebled

Origin of bebleed

From Middle English bebleden, equivalent to be- + bleed. Cognate with German beblüten.

Questions about bebleed

What does bebleed mean?
Bebleed means to cover or stain with blood; make bloody.
What part of speech is bebleed?
Bebleed is a verb.
What is the past tense of bebleed?
The past tense of bebleed is bebled.

Words near bebleed in the dictionary

  1. beblast
  2. beblasted
  3. beblasting
  4. beblasts
  5. bebled
  6. bebleed
  7. bebleeding
  8. bebleeds
  9. Bebler
  10. bebless
  11. beblessed

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