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bleeds white

bleeds white is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bleeds white

What is bleeds white the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bleeds white is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed white.

Words near bleeds white in the dictionary

  1. bleeds for
  2. bleeds like a pig
  3. bleeds out
  4. bleeds red ink
  5. bleeds the monkey
  6. bleeds white
  7. bleedthrough
  8. bleedthroughs
  9. bleedy
  10. bleekbok
  11. Bleeker

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