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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Hinterland, field.

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of bleed form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

All synonyms

shed bloodabridgeabuseacheaggrieveagonize

Example

More examples

"Many young men bled for the revolution."

Etymology

Etymology 1

See bleed.

Etymology 2

From French bled, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic بِلَاد (bilād).

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