# bled

Pronunciation: US say "BLED" /ˈblɛd/; UK

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of bleed. — simple past and past participle of bleed
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of bleed. Use this form for losing blood in the past.
   - _The soldier bled heavily from the wound on his arm._
   - _She had bled through the bandage by the time the nurse returned._

## Noun

2. Remote rural country away from towns; the back country or hinterland of a region.
   - Simple: Open country far from any town, made up of fields and empty land.
   - _The family left the city to farm a patch of land deep in the bled._
   - _Bandits hid out in the bled, far beyond the reach of the law._

## Origin

Borrowed from French "bled," which came from Algerian Arabic and ultimately from the Arabic word بِلَاد (bilād).

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