bleed dry
English
Verb
bleed dry (third-person singular simple present bleeds dry, present participle bleeding dry, simple past and past participle bled dry)
- (transitive) To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off.
- Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.
- (transitive, figuratively, informal) To bleed white.
Translations
to wait until all an animal's blood has drained off
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to bleed white — see bleed white