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bled white

bled white is the simple past and past participle of bleed white.

Meaning of bleed white

Verb

bleed white (third-person singular simple present bleeds white, present participle bleeding white, simple past and past participle bled white)

  1. (literally) To drain of blood extensively.
    Synonyms:
    exsanguinate
  2. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To cause life-threatening hardship through deprivation of essential resources.
    • France had been bled white by the war.1948, Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm, Houghton Mifflin, published 1948, page 11

Questions about bled white

What is bled white the simple past and past participle of?
Bled white is the simple past and past participle of bleed white.

Words near bled white in the dictionary

  1. bled for
  2. bled like a pig
  3. bled out
  4. bled red ink
  5. bled the monkey
  6. bled white
  7. bleddest
  8. bleddy
  9. Bleddyn
  10. Bledlow
  11. Bledlow-cum-Saunderton

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