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bleed
[ bleed ]
verb (used without object)
- to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin:
to bleed from the mouth.
- (of injured tissue, excrescences, etc.) to exude blood:
a wart that is bleeding.
- (of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.
- (of dye or paint) to run or become diffused:
All the colors bled when the dress was washed.
- (of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.
- to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish:
My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes.
- to suffer wounds or death, as in battle:
The soldiers bled for the cause.
- (of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal:
CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies.
- Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming.
- Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion.
- Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to lose blood, especially surgically:
Doctors no longer bleed their patients to reduce fever.
- to lose or emit (blood or sap).
- to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something):
to bleed a pipeline of excess air.
- to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve.
- to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from.
- 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.
noun
- Printing.
- a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
- a part thus trimmed off.
- Medicine/Medical. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage:
an intracranial bleed.
adjective
- Printing. characterized by bleeding:
a bleed page.
verb phrase
- to draw or extract:
to bleed off sap from a maple tree; to bleed off static electricity.
bleed
/ ː /
verb
- intr to lose or emit blood
- tr to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal)
- intr to be injured or die, as for a cause or one's country
- (of plants) to exude (sap or resin), esp from a cut
- informal.tr to obtain relatively large amounts of money, goods, etc, esp by extortion
- tr to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system)
to bleed the hydraulic brakes
- intr (of dye or paint) to run or become mixed, as when wet
- to print or be printed so that text, illustrations, etc, run off the trimmed page
- tr to trim (the edges of a printed sheet) so closely as to cut off some of the printed matter
- intr civil engineering building trades (of a mixture) to exude (a liquid) during compaction, such as water from cement
- bleed someone or something dryto extort gradually all the resources of a person or thing
- one's heart bleedsused to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
noun
- printing
- an illustration or sheet trimmed so that some matter is bled
- ( as modifier )
a bleed page
- printing the trimmings of a sheet that has been bled
Other 51Թ Forms
- dzܳb verb (used with object) outbled outbleeding
- ܲ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bleed1
Idioms and Phrases
- bleed white. white ( def 42 ).
More idioms and phrases containing bleed
In addition to the idiom beginning with bleed , also see my heart bleeds for you .Example Sentences
Her daughter was discovered in the passenger seat of a car crashed nearby, also bleeding from gunshot wounds, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
The hiker, who was found unconscious and bleeding from a head wound, was airlifted to medical care.
Tests revealed Lexi suffered bleeding on her brain, likely caused by being violently shaken, both recently and on at least one earlier occasion, prosecutors said.
In about ten years’ time, the Social Security trust funds will be bled dry.
A Eureka woman who nearly bled to death while miscarrying twins last year is suing the Catholic hospital chain that she claims refused her life-saving abortion care.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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