bleed
verb
[ bliːd ]
• lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.
• "the cut was bleeding steadily"
• draw blood from (someone), especially as a former method of treatment in medicine.
• "he didn't bleed his patients with leeches"
• allow (fluid or gas) to escape from a closed system through a valve.
• "open the isolating valves and bleed air from the pump chamber"
• (of a liquid substance such as dye or colour) seep into an adjacent colour or area.
• "I worked loosely with the oils, allowing colours to bleed into one another"
Similar:
flow,
run,
ooze,
seep,
trickle,
leak,
filter,
percolate,
escape,
leach,
permeate,
merge with,
bleed
noun
• an instance of bleeding.
• "a lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed"
• the escape of fluid or gas from a closed system through a valve.
• "check the amount of air bleed from the compressor"
• an instance of printing an illustration or design so as to leave no margin after the page has been trimmed.
• "the picture has an unfortunate bleed"
Origin:
Old English blēdan, of Germanic origin; related to blood.
