different between bleed vs bloody

English

Etymology

From Middle English bleden, from Old English bl?dan (“to bleed”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þijan? (“to bleed”), from *bl?þ? (“blood”). Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bli?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

2. (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
3. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
4. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).

5. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

6. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
7. (transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.

8. (obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.

   • And so Sir Trystrames bledde bothe the over-shete and the neyther-shete, and the pylowes and the hede-shete

9. (intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

10. To lose sap, gum, or juice.

11. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
12. (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

13. (publishing, advertising, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin.
    • 1998, Macmillan Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising (page 35)

      Full-page and double-page colour advertisements in the Sunday colour magazines usually bleed off the page' (or are 'bled to the margin'), […]

    • 2004, Dorothy A. Bowles, ?Diane L. Borden, Creative Editing (page 361)

      Too, bleeding beyond margins provides editors with several picas of space for more layout.

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Noun

bleed (plural bleeds)

1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
2. (aviation, usually in the plural) A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.

3. (printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
4. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
5. The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

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References

• bleed in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• bleed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Lebed, bedel, debel

Plautdietsch

Adjective

bleed

1. shy, coy
2. modest
3. withdrawn
4. timid, reticent, reluctant

Derived terms

• Bleedheit

English

Alternative forms

• bloudy (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English bl?di?, bl?de? (“bloody”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood +? -y. Cognate with Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?bl?.di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Adjective

bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

1. Covered in blood.

   Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
2. Characterised by bloodshed.
   • 2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169

     The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.

3. (rare in US, Canada, common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Used as an intensifier.
   • 1916 May 31, David Beatty during the Battle of Jutland:

     There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.

   • 2003, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, page 64

     You are not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog.

   • 2007, James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin, Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498

     “You bloody fool, I could?ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.

4. (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.

Synonyms

• (intensifier): bally, blasted, bleeding (chiefly British Cockney), blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare), wretched, rotten
• See also Thesaurus:damned

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Adverb

bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)

1. (rare in US, Canada, common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang, intensifier) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.

   Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming

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Verb

bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)

1. To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
2. To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

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Etymology 2

Clipping of bloody mary

Noun

bloody (plural bloodies)

1. (casual) bloody mary

Anagrams

• old boy