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Bleed
bliːd
- lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness
"the cut was bleeding steadily"
lose blood haemorrhage - draw blood from (someone), especially as a former method of treatment in medicine
"he didn't bleed his patients with leeches"
draw blood from- drain (someone) of money or resources
"his policy of attempting to bleed British unions of funds"
- allow (fluid or gas) to escape from a closed system through a valve
"open the isolating valves and bleed air from the pump chamber"
- release fluid or gas from (a closed system) by allowing air to escape through a valve
"air can be got rid of by bleeding the radiator at the vent"
- (of a liquid substance such as dye or colour) seep into an adjacent colour or area
"I worked loosely with the oils, allowing colours to bleed into one another"
- (with reference to an illustration or design) print or be printed so that it runs off the page after trimming
"the picture bleeds on three sides"
- an instance of bleeding
"a lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed"
- the escape of fluid or gas from a closed system through a valve
"check the amount of air bleed from the compressor"
- an instance of printing an illustration or design so as to leave no margin after the page has been trimmed
"the picture has an unfortunate bleed"
- the seeping of a dye or colour into an adjacent colour or area
"colour bleed is apparent on brighter hues"