ALL meanings of bleed
bleed
B b - verb without object bleed (of injured tissue, excrescences, etc.) to exude blood: a wart that is bleeding. 1
- verb without object bleed (of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound. 1
- verb without object bleed (of dye or paint) to run or become diffused: All the colors bled when the dress was washed. 1
- verb without object bleed (of a liquid) to ooze or flow out. 1
- verb without object bleed to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes. 1
- verb without object bleed to suffer wounds or death, as in battle: The soldiers bled for the cause. 1
- verb without object bleed (of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal: CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies. 1
- verb without object bleed Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming. 1
- verb without object bleed Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion. 1
- verb without object bleed Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure. 1
- verb with object bleed to cause to lose blood, especially surgically: Doctors no longer bleed their patients to reduce fever. 1
- verb with object bleed to lose or emit (blood or sap). 1
- verb with object bleed to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something): to bleed a pipeline of excess air. 1
- verb with object bleed to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve. 1
- verb with object bleed to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from. 1
- verb with object bleed Printing. to permit (printed illustrations or ornamentation) to run off the page or sheet. to trim the margin of (a book or sheet) so closely as to mutilate the text or illustration. 1
- noun bleed Printing. a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration. a part thus trimmed off. 1
- noun bleed Medicine/Medical. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage: an intracranial bleed. 1
- adjective bleed Printing. characterized by bleeding: a bleed page. 1
- idioms bleed bleed white. white (def 41). 1
- noun bleed An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia. 0
- noun bleed (printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet). 0
- noun bleed (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. 0
- verb bleed (Intransitive Verb) (of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel. 0
- verb bleed (Transitive Verb) To let or draw blood from. 0
- verb bleed (Transitive Verb) To take large amounts of money from. 0
- verb bleed (Transitive Verb) To steadily lose (something vital). 0
- verb bleed (Intransitive Verb) (of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper. 0
- verb bleed (Transitive Verb) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids. 0
- verb bleed (Obsolete (No longer in use)) VT To bleed on; to make bloody. 0
- verb bleed (Intransitive Verb) (copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood. 0
- verb bleed To lose sap, gum, or juice. 0
- verb bleed To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision. 0
- verb bleed (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied. 0