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

the bleeding has stopped now

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

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

open the bleed valve

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