bleed dry

verb

To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.

“Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.”

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Meanings

verbbleed dry (third-person singular simple present bleeds dry, present participle bleeding dry, simple past and past participle bled dry)

present singular third person bleeds dry · participle present bleeding dry · participle past bled dry · past bled dry

  1. transitiveTo wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.

    Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.

  2. figurativelyinformaltransitiveTo take all of someone's money or resources; to bleed white.

Translations

German ausbluten lassen
  • ausbluten lassento wait until all an animal's blood has drained off
Russian обескро́вить, обескро́вливать
  • обескро́вить (obeskróvitʹ)to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off
  • обескро́вливать (obeskróvlivatʹ)to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off
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APA

bleed dry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleed%20dry

MLA

“bleed dry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleed%20dry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bleed dry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleed%20dry.

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