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# bloodless

adjective (bloodless, more bloodless, most bloodless)

«bloodless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bloodless means without blood, or so pale it looks as if the blood has drained away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodless/#m1)
2. Bloodless can mean with no fighting or killing: a bloodless change of rule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodless/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a bloodless figure is cold, stiff and lifeless, like a machine; in the lessons it can mean a change that happens with no violence

### Examples

- The old man looked bloodless after his fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodless/#x1)
- The king gave up his crown in a bloodless deal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodless/#x2)
- Master Bloodless in the tale moves like a machine, cold and stiff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bloodless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloodless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bloodless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bloodless.html) on Mova free.