bleed

(blēd)

v., bled (blĕd), bleed·ing, bleeds.

v.intr.

1. To emit or lose blood.
2. To be wounded, especially in battle.
3. To feel sympathetic grief or anguish: My heart bleeds for the victims of the air crash.
4. To exude a fluid such as sap.
5. To pay out money, especially an exorbitant amount.
6. 1. To run together or be diffused, as dyes in wet cloth.
   2. To undergo or be subject to such a diffusion of color: The madras skirt bled when it was first washed.
7. To show through a layer of paint, as a stain or resin in wood.
8. To be printed so as to go off the edge or edges of a page after trimming.

v.tr.

1. 1. To take or remove blood from.
   2. To extract sap or juice from.
2. 1. To draw liquid or gaseous contents from; drain.
   2. To draw off (liquid or gaseous matter) from a container.
3. 1. To obtain money from, especially by improper means.
   2. To drain of all valuable resources: "Politicians . . . never stop inventing illicit enterprises of government that bleed the national economy" (David A. Stockman).
4. 1. To cause (an illustration, for example) to bleed.
   2. To trim (a page, for example) so closely as to mutilate the printed or illustrative matter.

n.

1. An instance of bleeding.
2. Illustrative matter that bleeds.
3. 1. A page trimmed so as to bleed.
   2. The part of the page that is trimmed off.

phrasal verb:

bleed off

1. Aerospace. To decrease: "Mike reared the chopper almost vertical to bleed off airspeed" (Robert Coram).

[Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan.]

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Reproduce a drawing or photograph so that it covers the entire page (or poster), leaving no margin. An advertisement that runs to the edge of a page is called a bleed ad. It may bleed on three sides, two sides, or one side, leaving the white space on the other side(s) open for copy. Whether the ad bleeds on one, two, three, or four sides, most magazines charge a 15% premium for its use, since the size of the plate needed to print a bleed ad is necessarily larger than that for typical advertisements. Designed to get attention, a bleed ad allows the artist greater flexibility in expressing the advertising concept, because the printing space is larger. See also billboard; bleed in the gutter.

To obtain an excessive amount of money or other things of value from a person, usually under a threat of grave harm. It is a form of extortion.

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verb

To flow or leak out or emit something slowly: exude, leach, ooze, percolate, seep, transpire, transude, weep. See move/halt, solid/liquid/consistency.

Idioms beginning with bleed:
bleed someone white

In addition to the idiom beginning with bleed, also see my heart bleeds for you.

v

Definition: lose blood; draw blood from
Antonyms: transfuse

IN BRIEF: A prairie or treeless plain in northern Africa; Countryside.

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i. To allow a quantity of fluid or air to escape from a closed system until excess pressure has fallen to a lower level or is equalized with the surroundings (e.g., high-pressure fuel pumps).
ii. To remove unwanted fluid contaminating a system filled with other fluids (e.g., bleeding air from an aircraft’s brake system).



Bleeding master-cylinders brake system.
iii. To extract a small proportion of fluid from a continuously flowing supply (e.g., compressed air from gas turbine engines for an aircraft pressurization system).
iv. To allow air speed to decay to a desired level.

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n

The flowing of blood.

For a list of words related to bleed, see:

• Driving and Repair - bleed: (vb) drain brake fluid to clear hydraulic brake lines of air
• Graphic Design - bleed: extension of image up to or beyond edge of page
• Printing and Typefaces - bleed: (vb) print so that material runs off edge of page after trimming
• Comic Sound Effects

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See words rhyming with "bleed."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Bleed.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - bløde
v. tr. - årelade, tappe blod af, tappe
n. - side el. illustration uden margin, uklar farvemonitor

idioms:

• bleed dry    udsuge
• bleed like a stuck pig    hyle som en stukken gris
• bleed to death    forbløde
• bleed white    tappe for penge, plukke for at hvad nogen ejer

Nederlands (Dutch)
bloeden, aderlaten, uitmelken, munt slaan uit, afgeperst worden, afscheiden, stoom etc. uitlaten door klep, doorgesneden worden (drukwerk)

Français (French)
v. intr. - saigner, perdre du sang, pleurer, perdre sa sève (une plante)
v. tr. - (Méd) saigner, faire une saignée à, purger (un moteur), (fig) tirer de l'argent à, faire casquer
n. - (Imprim) ligne sortie de la page, (Comput) sombre (un écran)

idioms:

• bleed dry    saigner à blanc
• bleed like a stuck pig    saigner à flots
• bleed to death    perdre tout son sang
• bleed white    saigner à blanc

Deutsch (German)
v. - bluten, aussaugen, zur Ader lassen, (tech.) entlüften
n. - Bluten

idioms:

• bleed dry    aussaugen
• bleed like a stuck pig    heftig bluten
• bleed to death    verbluten
• bleed white    aussaugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αιμορραγώ, ματώνω, τρέχω/χάνω αίμα, αφαιμάσσω, κάνω αφαίμαξη, αποσπώ (χρήματα κ.λπ.) με εκβιασμό, (μηχαν.) εξαερώνω, (τυπογρ.) παραξακρίζω, κόβομαι στο ξάκρισμα
n. - γραμμή που εκτείνεται ώς το ξάκρισμα της σελίδας, θολό πλαίσιο έγχρωμης οθόνης

idioms:

• bleed dry    ξεζουμίζω
• bleed like a stuck pig    αιμορραγώ ακατάσχετα
• bleed to death    αιμορραγώ μέχρι θανάτου
• bleed white    ξεζουμίζω, απομυζώ μέχρι τελευταίας πεντάρας

Italiano (Italian)
sanguinare, succhiare il sangue a, salassare

idioms:

• bleed dry    spremere
• bleed to death    dissanguarsi
• bleed white    succhiare il sangue a, dissanguare, ridurre sul lastrico, spremere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sangrar

idioms:

• bleed dry    explorar alguém financeiramente
• bleed to death    esvair-se em sangue
• bleed white    explorar alguém financeiramente

Русский (Russian)
истекать кровью, выкачивать деньги, делать кровопускание

idioms:

• bleed dry    снять последние штаны
• bleed to death    умереть от потери крови
• bleed white    обескровить, снять последние штаны

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - sangrar, exudar, manar
v. tr. - esquilmar, sacar dinero, sacar sangre
n. - sangría, emisión difusa en un monitor color

idioms:

• bleed dry    sacar a uno hasta el último céntimo
• bleed like a stuck pig    sangrar profusamente
• bleed to death    morir desangrado
• bleed white    chuparle la sangre a uno, esquilmar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - blöda, återlåta, lufta
n. - blödning, åderlåtning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
出血, 流血, 悲伤, 牺牲, 心疼, 使出血, 榨取, 出血版

idioms:

• bleed dry    血流干
• bleed like a stuck pig    血流如注
• bleed to death    出血过多而死
• bleed white    流尽鲜血, 榨干

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 出血, 流血, 悲傷, 犧牲, 心疼
v. tr. - 使出血, 榨取
n. - 出血版

idioms:

• bleed dry    血流乾
• bleed like a stuck pig    血流如注
• bleed to death    出血過多而死
• bleed white    流盡鮮血, 榨乾

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 출혈하다, 애통해 하다
v. tr. - ~에게 출혈 시키다, ~의 피를 뽑다, ~를 채취하다
n. - 도련, 깨끗하지 않은 모니터, 페이지가 없는 라인

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 出血する, 血を流す, からしぼり取る, 痛む, から血をとる

idioms:

• bleed dry    枯渇する
• bleed like a stuck pig    多量に出血する
• bleed to death    出血多量で死ぬ
• bleed white    しぼり取られる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) نزف دما (الاسم) سطر خارج الصفحه, شاشه غير واضحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮דימם, איבד דם, דהה (צבע), נסחט (בכספים)‬
v. tr. - ‮הקיז דם, סחט כספים, קיצץ שטח מודפס בעת חיתוך העמוד (דפוס), הרחיב איור עד קצה העמוד (דפוס), שחרר גז או נוזל‬
n. - ‮דימום‬

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