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bleed

Pronunciation: /ˈbliːd/

The English word “bleed” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
  2. To menstruate.
  3. To let or draw blood from.
  4. To take large amounts of money from.
  5. To steadily lose (something vital).
  6. To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
  7. To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
  8. To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
  9. To bleed on; to make bloody.
  10. To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
  11. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
  12. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
  13. To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
  14. To (cause to) extend to the edge of the page, without leaving any margin.
  15. To lose money.

noun

  1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
  2. A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
  3. 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).
  4. A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
  5. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Etymology

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde…

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