Definition of: bleed

(blēd) v. bled, bleed·ing v.t.
1. To draw blood from; leech.
2. To exude, as sap, blood, or other fluid.
3. To draw sap or other fluid from.
4. To empty of liquid or gaseous matter.
5. To extort money from; overcharge.
6. In bookbinding, to trim (a page) too closely, so as to cut into or mar the printed or engraved matter.
—v.i.
7. To lose or shed blood.
8. To exude sap or other fluid.
9. To suffer wounds or die, as in battle: He bled for his country.
10. To feel grief, sympathy, or anguish.
11. To suffer by extortion; be overcharged.
12. To be cut into, as a printed page.
13. To run, as dyes in wet cloth.
—to bleed (someone) white To extort money from in very large amounts.
—noun
1. A page or plate so trimmed as to cut the printing or engraving.
2. The part of a page or plate on which printing or an illustration extends beyond the usual printing edge. [OE blēdan]