bleed

(of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.

(of dye or paint) to run or become diffused: All the colors bled when the dress was washed.

(of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.

to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes.

to suffer wounds or death, as in battle: The soldiers bled for the cause.

(of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal: CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies.

Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming.

Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion.

Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure.

to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something): to bleed a pipeline of excess air.

to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve.

to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from.

Printing.

(intr) to be injured or die, as for a cause or one's country

(of plants) to exude (sap or resin), esp from a cut

(tr) informal to obtain relatively large amounts of money, goods, etc, esp by extortion

(tr) to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system): to bleed the hydraulic brakes

(intr) (of dye or paint) to run or become mixed, as when wet

to print or be printed so that text, illustrations, etc, run off the trimmed page

(tr) to trim (the edges of a printed sheet) so closely as to cut off some of the printed matter

(intr) civil engineering building trades (of a mixture) to exude (a liquid) during compaction, such as water from cement

bleed someone or something dry to extort gradually all the resources of a person or thing

one's heart bleeds used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically