bloody
/ˈblʌ.di/ verb C2- To stain with blood. · The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.
- To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
- To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent).
He/she/it bloodies · Past bloodied · Past participle bloodied · -ing form bloodying
Verb forms
- Base form
- bloody
- He/she/it
- bloodies
- Past
- bloodied
- Past participle
- bloodied
- -ing form
- bloodying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The crisis was terrible, and a rigid form with twisted limbs, swollen eyelids, and lips flecked with bloody foam, lay on the bed of torture, in place of the intellectual being who so lately rested there.
Nor can it be denied that many of the family have been unhappy in their deaths, which have been sudden, bloody, and mysterious.
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