bleed

bleed
bleed /bliːd/ verb (past tense and past participle bled /bled/)1.  BLOOD
  a. [intransitive] to lose blood, especially because of an injury:
    Your nose is bleeding.
    Tragically, she bled to death.
    bleed profusely/heavily (=bleed a lot)
    Mrs Burke was found unconscious and bleeding profusely.
  b. [transitive] to take some blood from someone’s body, done in the past in order to treat a disease:
    When he fell sick several days later, he had a doctor bleed him.
2.  MONEY  [transitive] to force someone to pay an unreasonable amount of money over a period of time:
    His ex-wife clearly intends to bleed him for every last penny.
    bleed somebody dry/white (=take all their money, possessions etc)
    The ten-year war has bled the country dry.
3.  AIR/LIQUID  [transitive] to remove air or liquid from a system in order to make it work properly, for example from a heating system:
    We need to bleed the radiators.
4.  COLOUR  [intransitive] to spread from one area of cloth or paper to another
   SYN  run:
    Wash it in cold water so the colours don’t bleed.
5. bleed red ink informal if a company or business bleeds red ink, it loses a lot of money, rather than making money:
    Analysts predict the retailer will continue to bleed red ink, with losses topping $180 million.
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