Meaning

• (of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

  "If her nose bleeds, try to use ice."

• To let or draw blood from.

• To take large amounts of money from.

• To steadily lose (something vital).

  "The company was bleeding talent."

• (of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

  "Ink traps counteract bleeding."

• To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

• To bleed on; to make bloody.

• To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

  "He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple."

• To lose sap, gum, or juice.

  "A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded."

• To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.

• (of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

  "Labialization bleeds palatalization."

Meaning

• The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel.

  "Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time."

• Bloodletting.

Meaning

• Losing blood

• (intensifier) extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).

  ""You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all." — http//groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.software.year-2000/msg/ba82c9dd28cde368"

Meaning

• Used as an intensifier: Extremely.

  "His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway."