blead
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bliːd/
- Rhymes: -iːd
Etymology 1
From Middle English blede (“fruit, flower, offspring”), from Old English blǣd, blēd (“that which is produced, flower, blossom, fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz, *blōdiz (“blossom, sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, sprout; leaf, blossom”). Cognate with Scots bleed (“to produce, yield good results”), German Blüte (“flower, blossom, bloom, prosperity”), Latin flōs (“flower, bloom”), Old Irish bláth (“flower, blossom, bloom”).
Alternative forms
- blede (obsolete)
Noun
blead (plural bleads)
- (rare, dialectal) Fruit.
Related terms
- bloom
- blossom
- blow (“to bloom”)
Etymology 2
From Middle English blede, from Old English blǣd (“blowing, blast, breath, inspiration”), from Proto-Germanic *blēduz (“blowing, breath, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow up, inflate, puff up, swell”). Cognate with Old High German blāt (“blowing, wheezing, panting”).
Noun
blead (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Blowing; breath; inspiration.
Related terms
- bladder
- blast
- blow (“to puff air”)
Anagrams
- Balde, Blade, abled, albed, baled, blade