Définition anglaise de “bleed”

Définition de "bleed" - Dictionnaire Anglais

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bleedverb

uk /bliːd/ us /bliːd/ bled, bled

(Definition of “bleed” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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bleedverb [ I/T ]

us /blid/ past tense and past participle bled /bled/

to lose blood:

[ I ] Before help could reach him, the man bled to death.
[ T ] fig. Because of the taxes, our state is bleeding jobs (= many jobs are leaving).

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bleedverb [ I or T ]

uk /bliːd/ us

FINANCE, ACCOUNTING to lose a lot of money, or to make this happen:

The newspaper is bleeding money and is now almost €150 million in the red.
bleed sth from sth The energy crisis is estimated to be bleeding $1.4 billion a month from the region's economy.
bleed sb/sth dry

disapproving to take all or most of the money of a person, organization, country, etc.:

Unfair trade bleeds countries dry through repayments of national debts.

(Definition of “bleed” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)