# bleed

Pronunciation: US say "BLEED" /ˈbliːd/; UK

## Verb

1. To lose blood through a damaged or broken blood vessel.
   - Simple: To lose blood from a cut or other injury.
   - _Deep cuts bleed more heavily than shallow scrapes._
   - _The boxer was bleeding from a gash above his eye._
2. To draw or let blood from a person or animal, especially as a medical treatment.
   - Simple: To take blood from a person or animal on purpose.
   - _Physicians once bled patients for almost any ailment._
   - _They bleed the horse only under a veterinarian's supervision._
3. To steadily lose something vital, such as resources, strength, or support, over time.
   - Simple: To slowly lose something important, a little at a time.
   - _Years of underfunding bled the agency of its most experienced staff._
   - _Prolonged conflict can bleed a region of both people and capital._
4. To take large amounts of money from someone, typically through excessive or relentless charges.
   - Simple: To take a lot of money from someone, often unfairly.
   - _Hidden fees bled the new homeowners long after they moved in._
   - _Subscription traps can bleed unwary users month after month._
5. Of ink, dye, or color, to spread beyond its intended area and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
   - Simple: When ink or color spreads out and stains the area around it.
   - _The watercolor bled into the damp margins before it could dry._
   - _Dark fabrics sometimes bleed onto lighter ones in a hot wash._
6. Of a business, to steadily lose money over a sustained period.
   - Simple: To keep losing money in a business.
   - _The airline bled through the recession as bookings collapsed._
   - _Firms that bleed quarter after quarter rarely survive._
7. To remove trapped air from a pipe or system carrying liquid, so the fluid flows freely.
   - Simple: To let air out of a pipe or system so liquid can flow well.
   - _He bled each radiator in turn until the knocking stopped._
   - _Always bleed the brake lines after replacing the fluid._
9. To display intense loyalty to a group by claiming its colors run in one's own blood.
   - Simple: To show strong loyalty to a team or group, as if their color ran in your blood.
   - _Generations of this family have bled scarlet for the regiment._
   - _True supporters bleed club colors even after relegation._
10. To flow out or fall in drops, the way blood does from a cut.
   - Simple: To come out or drip, the way blood comes out of a cut.
   - _Clear juices bleed from a ripe tomato the moment the knife breaks its skin._
   - _Thick resin bled from the gash in the pine and hardened into amber-colored beads._
11. To lose sap, gum, or juice, as a plant does through a cut or wound in its bark.
   - Simple: To slowly let out sap, gum, or juice, as a plant does when it is cut.
   - _Rubber trees bleed a milky latex when their trunks are scored._
   - _The grapevine bled clear juice where the gardener had pruned it back._
13. To extend a printed image or color all the way to the edge of the page, leaving no margin.
   - Simple: To reach all the way to the edge of a page, with no blank border left.
   - _The art director asked the designer to bleed the cover image past the trim line._
   - _The background tint bled across the entire spread, leaving no white border at all._
17. To tap off high-pressure gas, usually air, from a system whose main purpose is producing that gas for something else.
   - Simple: To draw off some high-pressure gas from a machine that makes it mainly for another job.
   - _The turbine bleeds compressed air to pressurize the cabin in flight._
   - _Operators bleed gas from the main line to feed the auxiliary units._
19. Of one phonological rule, to remove the context in which another rule would otherwise have applied, preventing it from taking effect.
   - Simple: To wipe out the conditions a second sound rule needs, so that rule can no longer apply.
   - _Two rules can bleed each other, each removing the context the other requires._
   - _When vowel deletion bleeds palatalization, the expected soft consonant never surfaces._

## Noun

8. An episode of bleeding, especially the internal kind that people with hemophilia experience.
   - Simple: A time when someone bleeds, often inside the body, common in people with hemophilia.
   - _A severe bleed into the joint can cause lasting damage if untreated._
   - _Each bleed was logged so the care team could track his condition._
12. A narrow margin of printing extending beyond the trim line, intended to be cut off so images run cleanly to the edge of the finished sheet.
   - Simple: Extra space printed past the edge of a page, then cut off when the page is trimmed.
   - _The print shop warned that the cover lacked sufficient bleed for a full-page image._
   - _She set the bleed to three millimeters before exporting the file for press._
14. Sound captured by a microphone from a source other than the one it was meant to record.
   - Simple: Unwanted sound that a microphone picks up from something other than what you meant to record.
   - _The engineer reduced bleed by placing baffles between the instruments in the live room._
   - _Vocal mics in a crowded room always pick up some bleed from the rest of the band._
15. The removal of trapped air bubbles from a pipe or line that carries another fluid.
   - Simple: The act of letting trapped air out of a pipe or tube that is full of liquid.
   - _A proper bleed of the brake system restored a firm pedal feel._
   - _The heating engineer scheduled a bleed of every radiator before the winter._
16. The carrying over of a character's in-game emotions into the player's own feelings or behavior outside the game.
   - Simple: When the feelings of a character you play carry over into your own real feelings or actions.
   - _Bleed lingered for days after the character she loved was killed off in the campaign._
   - _The game master built a debrief into the session to help players manage bleed._
18. On aircraft, a system that draws hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for uses such as pressurizing the cabin and keeping ice off the airframe.
   - Simple: A setup that draws hot, high-pressure air from a jet engine for jobs like warming the cabin and stopping ice.
   - _The bleed routes engine air to the air-conditioning packs throughout the flight._
   - _Mechanics inspected the bleed after the crew reported a pressurization fault._

## Verb

20. To smear or cover something with blood; to make bloody. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To get blood on something, or to make it bloody.

## Origin

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan ("to bleed"), going back through Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic to a root meaning "blood." It is related to Dutch bloeden, German bluten, and Swedish blöda, all meaning "to bleed."

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