Bleed vs Blend - What's the difference?
bleed | blend |
(of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
:If her nose bleeds try to use ice.
To let or draw blood from an animal.
To take large amounts of money from.
To steadily lose (something vital).
:The company was bleeding talent.
(of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
(obsolete) To bleed on; to make bloody.
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*:And soo they souped lyghtely and wente to bedde with grete ioye and plesaunce / and soo in his ragyng he took no kepe of his grene wound that kynge Marke had gyuen hym / And soo syr Tristram bebled both the ouer shete and the nether & pelowes / and hede shete
(copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
:He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
To lose sap, gum, or juice.
:A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
*Alexander Pope
*:For me the balm shall bleed .
(phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
:Labialization bleeds palatalization.
An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
A mixture of two or more things.
(linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
To be mingled or mixed.
* Irving
* To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent - , 1884
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, title= (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
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In transitive terms the difference between bleed and blend
is that bleed is to remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids while blend is to mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.As verbs the difference between bleed and blend
is that bleed is to lose blood through an injured blood vessel while blend is to mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.As nouns the difference between bleed and blend
is that bleed is an incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia while blend is a mixture of two or more things.bleed
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Verb
Derived terms
* bleed dry * bleeder * bleeding heart * bleed out * bleed to death * bleed whiteNoun
(en noun)blend
English
Noun
(en noun)- Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
- Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
- The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch.
Synonyms
* (mixture ): combination, mix, mixture * (in linguistics ): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau wordVerb
- There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
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William E. Conner
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