bleed white en · VERB
Meanings
- (literally) To drain of blood extensively.
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(figuratively, informal, transitive) To cause life-threatening hardship through deprivation of essential resources.
France had been bled white by the war.
1948, Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm, Houghton Mifflin, published 1948, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bleeds white | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bled white | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bled white | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bleeding white | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
uk знекро́влювати (to drain someone of their blood) · fr saigner à blanc (to cut off supplies) · ru обобра́ть до ни́тки (to take someone's money) · el ξαιματώνω (to take someone's money) · ru обескро́вить (to drain someone of their blood) · ru обескро́вливать (to drain someone of their blood) · ru вы́качать все де́ньги (to take someone's money) · uk знекро́вити (to drain someone of their blood) · de ausbluten (to cut off supplies)