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bleeds for

bleeds for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed for.

Meaning of bleed for

Verb

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

  1. To feel great sympathy or compassion for; to mourn on account of.
    • He bleeds for the Negro, he bleeds for the Jew, he bleeds for the oppressed peoples.1967 July 7, William A. McWhirter, “How Art Swindlers Duped a Virtuous Millionaire”, in LIFE, volume 63, number 1, page 54
  2. To suffer when fighting for.
    • In great emergencies peoples are saved by men who bleed for the people, who are willing to pay dear and deep for their devotion to righteousness.1896, The Methodist Review - Volume 78, page 787
  3. To receive corporal or capital punishment for.
    • The contrite hears, he hears, and lives; Bleeds for his crimes, and heav'n forgives;1802, Hymns for Public Worship, page 48

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Bleeds for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed for.

Words near bleeds for in the dictionary

  1. bleeding-hearts
  2. bleedingly
  3. bleedings
  4. bleeds
  5. bleeds dry
  6. bleeds for
  7. bleeds like a pig
  8. bleeds out
  9. bleeds red ink
  10. bleeds the monkey
  11. bleeds white

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