Bleed

If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.

You haven't bled. It's been over a month since your arrival, and you haven't bled.

"What did they die of?" I asked. "Fevers. The doctor came and bled them and purged them, but they still died." "He bled and purged babies?" "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway."

The company was bleeding talent.

Ink traps counteract bleeding.

The ink bled only a little; if one raised the index card to one’s eye, it was possible to see the microscopic wisps and flicks seep out from the intended lines and curves out into the paper’s grain.

At low engine speeds, valves open to bleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.

High-pressure air bled from the APU is used to spin up the engines and run the APU generator and hydraulic pump, and can also be used to pressurise the cabin if necessary.

He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.

A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

For me the balm shall bleed.

Labialization bleeds palatalization.

Full-page and double-page colour advertisements in the Sunday colour magazines usually bleed off the page' (or are 'bled to the margin'), […]

Too, bleeding beyond margins provides editors with several picas of space for more layout.

Most of the sectors are bleeding, particularly the resources sector.

When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, the bleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.