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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

खून बहना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: khoon behna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bleed/bliːd/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"चोट लगने से उसका बहुत खून बहने लगा।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

    "The deep cut on his hand began to bleed profusely after the accident."
  2. 2

    To exude or leak a fluid, dye, or color, especially into an adjacent area.

    "The red ink from the new shirt started to bleed into the white clothes during the wash."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English verb 'blēdan', which comes from the Proto-Germanic '*blōdijaną' (to cause to bleed, let blood), rooted in '*blōd' (blood). Historically used primarily in a literal physiological sense, the term evolved metaphorically by the late Middle English period to describe emotional draining, financial extortion, or the gradual loss of vital resources.

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