Past tense of bleed
irregular verb
The past tense of bleed is bled. The past participle is also bled.
Forms of bleed
| Base form (V1) | bleed /ˈbliːd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | bled /ˈblɛd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | bled /ˈblɛd/ |
| Present participle | bleeding /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bleeds /ˈbliːdz/ |
Bled in a sentence
- You haven't bled.2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Lady Portia Featherington
- The ink bled only a little; if one raised the index card to one’s eye, it was possible to see the microscopic wisps and flicks seep out from the intended lines and curves out into the paper’s grain.2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 201
- Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.From the entry bleed dry
- His heart bled for his beloved home country.From the entry one's heart bleeds
- Some rocket engines have a total loss hydraulic system for engine gimbal, using fuel bled from the main turbopumps as the working fluid.From the entry total loss
Meaning of bleed
- verb To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
- verb To menstruate.
- verb To let or draw blood from.
Verbs like bleed
Questions about the past tense of bleed
- What is the past tense of bleed?
- The past tense of bleed is bled.
- What is the past participle of bleed?
- The past participle of bleed is bled.
- Is bleed a regular or irregular verb?
- Bleed is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bleed (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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