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Definition bleed

Etymology

From Middle English bleden, from Old English bl?dan (“to bleed”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þijan? (“to bleed”), from *bl?þ? (“blood”). Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).

Verb

bleed (third-person singular simple present bleeds, present participle bleeding, simple past and past participle bled)

1. (intransitive, of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
2. (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
3. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
4. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
5. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
6. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.
8. (intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
9. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
10. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
11. (phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

Noun

bleed (plural bleeds)

1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
2. (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).
3. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

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