intransitive verb bled (bled), bleeding bleed′·ing

1. to emit or lose blood
2. to suffer wounds or die in a battle or cause
3. to feel pain, grief, or sympathy; suffer
4. to ooze; esp., to ooze sap, juice, etc., as bruised plants
5. to run together, as dyes in wet cloth
6. to come through a covering coat of paint, as certain stains
7. to be printed to the edge of a page, wrapper, etc. so that a part is later trimmed off: said of pictures, designs, etc.

Etymology: ME bleden < OE bledan < blod, blood < IE *bhlē-, var. of base *bhel-, to swell > ball, bloom

transitive verb

1. to draw blood from; leech
2. to ooze (sap, juice, etc.)
3. ☆ to take sap or juice from
4. 1. to empty slowly of liquid, air, or gas
   2. to draw off (liquid, air, or gas) slowly
5. 1. to print (a picture, design, etc.) so that a small part at the edge is cut off when the paper is trimmed
   2. to trim (a page) so as to bleed some of the printed matter
6. Informal to get money from, esp. by extortion

noun