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What does bleed mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive, of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
  2. (transitive) To let or draw blood from.
  3. (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
  4. (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
  5. (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
  6. (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
  7. (copular verb) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
  8. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
  9. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
  10. (phonology) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
Noun
  1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
  2. (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).
  3. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
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