A Quick and Simple Dictionary

bleed

1. Verb.  (intransitive, of an animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To let or draw blood from an animal.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).
5. Verb.  (intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing fluids.
7. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.
8. Verb.  (intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
9. Noun.  An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.