Meanings
verbshed blood (third-person singular simple present sheds blood, present participle shedding blood, simple past and past participle shed blood)
present singular third person sheds blood · participle present shedding blood
- idiomaticTo kill or wound, or be wounded or killed, in violence.
For he to day that sheds his blood with me, / Shall be my brother:
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic سَفَكَ الدَّمَ
- سَفَكَ الدَّمَ (safaka d-dama)Translations
Czech cedit krev
- cedit krevTranslations
German Blut vergießen
- Blut vergießenTranslations
Polish przelewać krew
- przelewać krewTranslations
Turkish kan dökmek
- kan dökmekTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
shed blood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shed%20blood
MLA
“shed blood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shed%20blood. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shed blood,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shed%20blood.
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