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forbleed

forbleed verb: to exhaust with bleeding.

Verb

forbleed (third-person singular simple present forbleeds, present participle forbleeding, simple past and past participle forbled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To exhaust with bleeding.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To cover with blood.

Forms of forbleed

third-person singular presentforbleeds
present participleforbleeding
past participleforbled
pastforbled

Origin of forbleed

From Middle English forbleden, equivalent to for- + bleed. Cognate with German verbluten.

Words formed from forbleed

Questions about forbleed

What does forbleed mean?
Forbleed means to exhaust with bleeding.
What part of speech is forbleed?
Forbleed is a verb.
What is the past tense of forbleed?
The past tense of forbleed is forbled.

Words near forbleed in the dictionary

  1. forbids
  2. forbite
  3. forbivorous
  4. forblack
  5. forbled
  6. forbleed
  7. forbleeding
  8. forbleeds
  9. forbod
  10. forbode
  11. forboded

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