to bloody
- verb
- /ˈblʌd.id/
- NSFW
- After the fight, his shirt was noticeably bloodied from the injuries he sustained.
- bloodied bandages
- bloodied sheets
Examples
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She rushed into the room, her hands bloodied after trying to help the injured man.
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The last image of him on television and in newspapers was of his bloodied body sprawled on the tarmac.
Academic text (2006) -
"You all right?" Reaches over, sets a bloodied hand on her shoulder.
Fiction book (1991) -
- ...and the bloodied shirt that the deputies claim to have found in his house somehow got lost before the trial.
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The wounded man wrapped in bloodied bandages was filmed on his hospital bed the day after the incident.
Academic text (2011) -
Leon advances with his revolver as Shotgun, bloodied but not out, crawls toward his weapon.
Fiction book (1990) -
Pan down along Geel Piet's arm to his bloodied hand, holding the snapshot of him and PK.
Fiction book (1992) -
PK scrambles into the ring and cradles the lifeless, bloodied head in his lap and begins to sob.
Fiction book (1992) -
The detective examined the bloodied knife found at the crime scene for fingerprints.
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Etymology
Bloody as a verb comes from the simple word blood plus the ending -ed, so it originally meant 'to cover with blood' or 'to make bloody'.