bleed

verb (past and past participle bled /bled/)

• 1 [no object] lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness:the cut was bleeding steadily some casualties were left to bleed to death (as noun bleeding)the bleeding has stopped now
• (of a dye or color) seep into an adjacent color or area:I worked loosely with the oils, allowing colors to bleed into one another
• Printing (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 [with object]:Faye showed us how to bleed the images for our brochure layout

• 2 [with object] draw blood from (someone), especially as a once-common method of treatment in medicine.
• remove blood from (an animal carcass):the first steer rolled out on the floor to be bled, skinned, and dressed
• [with object] informal drain (someone) of money or resources:his policy of attempting to bleed unions of funds
• [with object] allow (fluid or gas) to escape from a closed system through a valve:open the valves and bleed air from the pump chamber
• [with object] treat (a system) by allowing fluid or gas to escape through a valve:bleeding the radiator at the air vent

noun

• an instance of bleeding:a lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed
• Printing an instance of printing an illustration, design, or text to the edge of the page:it allows printing of a tabloid page with full bleed
• the escape of fluid or gas from a closed system through a valve:the amount of air bleed from the compressor
• the action or process of a dye, ink, or color seeping into an adjacent color or area:color bleed is apparent on brighter hues