bleed
/ˈbliːd/ verb, noun
Forms bleeds bleeding bled
- verb (intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. “If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.”
- verb (intransitive) To menstruate.
- verb (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
- verb (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
- verb (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital). “The company was bleeding talent.”
- verb (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper. “Ink traps counteract bleeding.”
- verb (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- verb (transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose. “At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.”
- noun An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
- noun (aviation, usually in the plural) A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing. “When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.”
- noun (printing) 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).
- noun (television) A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.
- noun (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- noun The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- noun (uncountable, roleplaying games) The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.
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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”).
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 (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
- verb To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
- verb To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
- verb To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller.
Etymology [OE. bleden, AS. bl, fr. bl blood; akin to Sw. blöda, Dan. blöde, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See Blood.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “bleed”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details