noun
- An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
- A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
- (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
verb
- (of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
- To let or draw blood from.
- To take large amounts of money from.
- To steadily lose (something vital).
- (of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
- 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.
- To lose sap, gum, or juice.
- 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.
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Bleeds is a 2-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.
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