Bleed | Mean of bleed in English Dictionary

/ˈbliːd/

• Verb
• to lose or release blood because of a cut, injury, etc.
1. She was bleeding from the/her face and hands.
2. Her lip is bleeding.
3. The man almost bled to death. [=almost died because he lost too much blood]
• to remove blood from (a person) as part of a medical procedure that was done in past times
1. Doctors used to bleed their patients in an effort to cure them.
• to remove air or liquid from something
1. We bled air from the tank.
2. You'll need to bleed the car's brake lines.

• to spread from one area into another
1. The shirt's colors might bleed [=run] if you wash it in hot water.
• to gradually spread into or become something else
1. Her professional life had begun to bleed [=seep] into her personal life.
2. Reality bleeds [=blends] into fantasy as the story goes along.
• to take a lot of money from (someone) over a period of time
1. He complained that his ex-wife was bleeding him of all his money.
2. Many businesses complain that the new taxes are bleeding them dry. [=are taking all their money]
3. The country has been bled white by a greedy dictator. [=all the country's money and resources have been used up by a greedy dictator]
• to lose (money) continually
1. The company was bleeding a million dollars a day.