bleed

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To lose blood from your body.

   His knee was bleeding after he fell.

2. 2
   verb

   (of colour) To spread or run into another area.

   The red ink bled through onto the next page.

3. 3
   verb

   To let air or liquid out of a system or pipe.

   You should bleed the radiators before winter.

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).

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