Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bleed out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: bleed out
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss.

Informal

noun

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.

verb

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

Intransitive verb

verb

To kill by causing such bloodloss.

Transitive verb

verb

To leak out; to spread.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"There are shootings, stabbings, car wrecks, falls and other accidents that can create a fatal bleed out situation."
"But we never got to take the shot I'd been trained to take, that beautiful single shot that takes out a man's head, or the gutshot—Chris Kyle's favorite—that allows him to bleed out and die a little slower, maybe think about all the ways he might have lived a different and better life."
"Most slang begins in small communities, but some words bleed out into wider society over time."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bleed outs (plural) bleed-out (alternative) bleeds out (present, singular) bleeding out (participle, present) bled out (participle, past) bled out (past)

Frequently Paired Words

exsanguination hypovolemia

Synonyms

exsanguinate

Questions

What does bleed out mean?: An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss.

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