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bleed
I. \ˈblēd\ verb
(bled \ˈbled\ ; obsolete bleeded ; bled obsolete bleeded ; bleeding ; bleeds)
Etymology: Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan, from blōd blood — more at blood
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to emit blood
< the wound bled freely >
: to lose blood
< hemophiliacs often bleed severely from the slightest scratch >
b. : to lose blood from wounds : to sacrifice one's blood (as in battle)
< men who fought and bled along this rocky coast >
2.
a. : to feel anguish, pain, or sympathy
< his heart bleeds for the distress of his fellows >
b. : to be in grave distress or seriously disordered circumstances
< the human race … bleeding in its uneasy sleep — Irwin Shaw >
c. : to become upset or bothered
< only steak and four eggs for breakfast? I bleed for you >
3.
a. : to ooze, drop, or flow from or as though from a wound
< grease bleeding through a wrapper >
also : to escape by such a process
< pitch bleeds freely from any little break in the bark >
b. of life or its phenomena : to terminate as a result of bleeding — usually used with away
< retaining but a quantity of life, which bleeds away — Shakespeare >
c. : to give up some constituent or content by bleeding
< fruits sulfured at high temperatures … bleed more readily than when sulfured at lower temperatures — Experiment Station Record >
4. : to exude something : discharge: as
a. : to exude water or sap from a wounded surface (as of a tree)
b. : to diffuse or run when wetted — used chiefly of textile dyes or dyed fabrics
c. : to diffuse into and show through a covering layer — used of various pigments or of the paints, enamels, or varnishes into which they are incorporated
5. dialect Britain, of grain crops : to yield well
6.
a. : to pay out or give money
< willing to bleed freely for the cause >
b. : to have money drawn or extorted
< hang those city fellows, they must bleed — W.M.Thackeray >
7. : to be printed so as to run off one or more edges of a printed page or sheet after trimming — often used with off
< the halftones bleed off all round the edges of the 4-page spread >
8. : to separate from a mixture — used especially of oils (as from grease)
9. : to exude bituminous material — used of pavements or creosoted timber bound or impregnated with such material
transitive verb
1. : to remove or draw blood from
< at one time the surgeon bled the patient for any or every ill >
< the meat will keep better if the carcass is bled immediately and thoroughly >
2.
a. : to obtain money from especially by improper or unlawful methods
< the company … had bled consumers in western Mississippi of $2 to $3 million a year in excessive rates — New Republic >
b. : to take away : extract
< mobilization plans call for bleeding just as much metals out of the durable-goods industries as they can stand — Newsweek >
3. : to draw the sap from (a tree)
4. : to drain or empty of liquid, gas, or other contents especially slowly: as
a. : to empty of accumulated water (as a steam cylinder, air reservoir, or a leaking buoy in which water has accumulated)
b. : to let out the air from (a reservoir or other container) so as to diminish pressure
c. : to let out grain from (a sack) by slitting (as in stowing a cargo)
d. : to draw off or extract (low-pressure steam) from any of the stages of the expansions of a steam turbine for heating buildings, for boiler feed water, for process work, or for other purposes
5. : to cause (as a printed illustration) to bleed; also : to trim (as a page) so that some of the printing bleeds
6. of a dyed article : to give up (dye or color) when wetted
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- bleed white
II. noun
(-s)
1. print : something that bleeds or is bled (as an illustration or a page); also : the part trimmed off in bleeding or the corresponding area of the printing plate
2. : a stain discoloration showing on a surface resulting from diffusion of coloring matter from a substance
3.
a. : bleeder 4a
b. : a narrow opening in the surface of an air inlet through which low-energy boundary-layer air is bled off from the main stream
III. noun
: the escape of blood from vessels : hemorrhage
< a massive gastrointestinal bleed > |