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Bleed vs Theed - What's the difference?

bleed | theed |

As verbs the difference between bleed and theed

is that bleed is (of an animal) to lose blood through an injured blood vessel while theed is (thee).

As a noun bleed

is an incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

bleed

English

Verb

  • (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.
  • *:
  • *: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.
  • Derived terms

    * bleed dry * bleeder * bleeding heart * bleed out * bleed to death * bleed white

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • theed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (thee)

  • thee

    English

    (wikipedia thee)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) thee, the, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Pronoun

  • (archaic, literary)
  • * 1598 , Shakespeare, Henry IV part 1 , 1.2.49-50:
  • Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part?
    Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
  • *
  • (Quaker, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch English) Thou.
  • * Thee is a little strange, I think.
  • Usage notes
    When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third-person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").

    Verb

  • To address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.
  • Statistics

    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • To thrive; prosper.
  • * Spenser
  • Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    : From Pitman zee , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter ?( ?, which stands for the th sound in Pitman shorthand.
  • Anagrams

    * English personal pronouns ----