Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bebleed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-bleed
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover or stain with blood; make bloody.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete"

Etymology

From Middle English bebleden, equivalent to be- + bleed. Cognate with German beblüten.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be
Root: bebleden

Usage

Inflected Forms

bebleeds (present, singular) bebleeding (participle, present) bebled (participle, past) bebled (past)

Synonyms

bebloody

Questions

What does bebleed mean?: To cover or stain with blood; make bloody.
Where does bebleed come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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