Phrase guide

bleed out

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An instance of any system or item that loses its necessary components, such as a machine and its fuel or a company and its money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To die due to excess blood loss; to bleed to death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To kill by causing such bloodloss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To leak out; to spread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive

Examples

  • Most slang begins in small communities, but some words bleed out into wider society over time.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَزَفَ حَتَّى الْمَوْت (nazafa ḥattā l-mawt) — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Catalan: dessagnar-se — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失血過多而死 /失血过多而死 (shīxuè guòduō ér sǐ) — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Czech: vykrvácet — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Danish: forbløde — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Dutch: doodbloeden — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Finnish: valua kuiviin — die due to excess bloodloss
  • French: se vider de son sang — die due to excess bloodloss
  • German: verbluten — die due to excess bloodloss
  • German: ausbluten — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Greek: αιμορραγώ μέχρι θανάτου (aimorragó méchri thanátou) — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Hungarian: elvérzik — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Icelandic: blæða út — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Polish: wykrwawiać się impf wykrwawić się — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Portuguese: esvair-se em sangue — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Portuguese: sangrar até morrer — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Portuguese: sangrar até a morte — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Romanian: sângera până la moarte — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Russian: истека́ть кро́вью (istekátʹ króvʹju) — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Russian: исте́чь кро́вью (istéčʹ króvʹju) — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Spanish: desangrarse — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Spanish: exangüe — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Swedish: förblöda — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Turkish: kan kaybından ölmek — die due to excess bloodloss
  • Welsh: gwaedu i farwolaeth — die due to excess bloodloss