Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outbleed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-bleed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bleeding or release of air from a system.

verb

To bleed more than; to lose more blood than.

Transitive verb

verb

To win (a battle) by being willing to accept more casualties or injuries.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"With shrouding to prevent this outbleed, thrusts 5 to 10 percent less than those of the unperforated nozzle were obtained."
"The mass flow m is constant along the duct, that is no mass flow inbleed or outbleed occurs;"
"Control of the moisture within the tunnel circuit is maintained with the dry-air inbleed and outbleed system (described in ref. 9) in conjunction with a water-injection system."
"And there is enough gore to outbleed “Ben-Hur.”"
"But my heart is bigger than your heart, And I will outbleed you."
"Though one autumn morning poppies may suddenly flare out in full bloom, their skirts outrageously seeming to outbleed a maimed human being"

Etymology

From out- + bleed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outbleeds (plural) outbleeds (present, singular) outbleeding (participle, present) outbled (participle, past) outbled (past)

Questions

What does outbleed mean?: The bleeding or release of air from a system.
Where does outbleed come from?: From out- + bleed.

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