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bleed dry en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.
    • Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.
  2. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To take all of someone's money or resources; to bleed white.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bleeding dry Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bleeds dry Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bled dry Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bled dry Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

bleed white · suck dry

Translations (3)

de ausbluten lassen (to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off) · ru обескро́вливать (to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off) · ru обескро́вить (to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off)