bleed out

English

Alternative forms
  • bleed-out

Noun

bleed out (plural bleed outs)

  1. (medicine, informal) An instance of exsanguination or of major blood loss.
  2. (figuratively) 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

bleed out (third-person singular simple present bleeds out, present participle bleeding out, simple past and past participle bled out)

  1. To die due to excess bloodloss; to bleed to death.

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