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   Bleed

   /blēd/

   

   verb

   • 1. lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness: "the cut was bleeding steadily" Similar lose bloodhemorrhage
   • 2. draw blood from (someone), especially as a once-common method of treatment in medicine: "he didn't bleed his patients with leeches" Similar draw blood fromtechnical:phlebotomizeexsanguinateOpposite transfuse
   • ▪ remove blood from (an animal carcass): "the first steer rolled out on the floor to be bled, skinned, and dressed"
   • ▪ drain (someone) of money or resources: informal "his policy of attempting to bleed unions of funds" Similar drainexhaustsapdepletedeprivemilksuck dryemptyreduce
   • 3. allow (fluid or gas) to escape from a closed system through a valve: "open the valves and bleed air from the pump chamber"
   • ▪ treat (a system) by allowing fluid or gas to escape through a valve: "bleeding the radiator at the air vent"
   • 4. (of a dye or color) seep into an adjacent color or area: "I worked loosely with the oils, allowing colors to bleed into one another" Similar flowrunoozeseeptrickleleakfilterpercolateescapeleachpermeatemerge with
   • ▪ (with reference to an illustration or design) print or be printed so that it runs off the page after trimming: "the picture bleeds on three sides"

   noun

   • 1. an instance of bleeding: "a lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed"
   • 2. the escape of fluid or gas from a closed system through a valve: "the amount of air bleed from the compressor"
   • 3. an instance of printing an illustration, design, or text to the edge of the page: "it allows printing of a tabloid page with full bleed"
   • ▪ the action or process of a dye, ink, or color seeping into an adjacent color or area: "color bleed is apparent on brighter hues"

   Word Origin Old Englishblēdan, of Germanic origin; related to blood.

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