bleed /blēd/

1. To exude blood or sap
2. To be severely wounded or die in battle (archaic)
3. To ooze or drop like blood
4. (of paint or dye) to run
5. (of printed matter) to overrun the edge of the page
6. To have money, etc extorted from one
7. To feel great pity

1. To draw blood from, esp therapeutically (historical)
2. To draw sap from
3. To print or trim (the printed sheet) so that the text, etc runs off the page
4. To extort or extract from
5. To draw off (liquid or gas) from any closed system or container, eg hydraulic brakes or central heating radiators

An illustration deliberately extended beyond the trimmed page

bleedˈer noun

1. A person who bleeds
2. A haemophiliac (informal)
3. An extortionist (US sl)
4. A (nasty) person (slang)

bleedˈing noun

1. A discharge of blood or sap
2. The act or process of drawing off blood
3. The diffusion or running of colouring matter
4. Traces of copper showing through worn silver-plate
5. The drawing off of liquid or gas from a closed system

1. Emitting blood, sap or other liquid
2. Terribly weakened by war
3. Full of compassion
4. Bloody (lit in Shakespeare, figurative as vulgar sl)

bleeding edge noun (informal)

A part or area (of an organization, branch of study, etc) that generates extremely innovative ideas

bleedˈing-edge adjective

bleeding heart noun

1. A name given to various plants of the genera Dicentra, Colocasia, etc
2. A contemptuous name for a do-gooder

bleed nipple or bleed valve noun

A valve to enable liquid or gas to be drawn from a closed system or tank

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