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bleed dry

bleed dry verb: to wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.
    • Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.
  2. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To take all of someone's money or resources; to bleed white.

Forms of bleed dry

third-person singular presentbleeds dry
present participlebleeding dry
past participlebled dry
pastbled dry

Questions about bleed dry

What does bleed dry mean?
Bleed dry means to wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.
What part of speech is bleed dry?
Bleed dry is a verb.
What is the past tense of bleed dry?
The past tense of bleed dry is bled dry.

Words near bleed dry in the dictionary

  1. blee
  2. Bleecker
  3. Bleeckers
  4. bleed
  5. bleed air
  6. bleed dry
  7. bleed edge
  8. bleed edges
  9. bleed for
  10. bleed hole
  11. bleed holes

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