bleed
verb
1 verb ANAT, MED lose blood INTRANSITIVEfuil a churhis leg is bleeding heavily tá a chos ag cur fola go tromher nose was bleeding bhí a srón ag cur fola, bhí fuil sróine léiit bled a lot chuir sé a lán folayou could bleed to death d'fhéadfá bás a fháil de bharr cailleadh fola 2 verb fight, go to war INTRANSITIVEthey bled for their country dhoirt siad a gcuid fola ar son a dtíreShow full entry
3 verb MED take blood from TRANSITIVEto bleed a patient fuil a ligean as othar, fuil a bhaint as othar 4 verb extort money from TRANSITIVEcreach verb bánaigh verb it's bleeding the public purse tá an ciste poiblí á bhánú aigethe industry is being bled tá an phingin dheireanach á fáscadh as an tionscal 5 verb AUTO, ENG remove air, liquid, etc TRANSITIVEto bleed a radiator an t-aer a ligean as radaitheoirtighten the valve after bleeding the air teann an chomhla nuair a bheidh an t-aer ligthe agat 6 verb colours INTRANSITIVEsceith verb sil verb the colours bleed into each other sceitheann na dathanna isteach ina chéile 7 verb PUBL in printing TRANSITIVElig go himeall
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8 noun MED loss of bloodfuiliú masc cailleadh folashe's had a major bleed chaill sí a lán folaan internal bleed fuiliú inmheánach 9 noun of heating system etc AUTO, ENGit requires a regular air bleed ní mór an t-aer a ligean as go rialta 10 noun of colourssceitheadh masc