bleed

To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.

To menstruate.

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

To let or draw blood from.

"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."

To take large amounts of money from.

To steadily lose (something vital).

The company was bleeding talent.

An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from a gas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.

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.

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).

A margin left at the edges of a shot to allow for the picture being cropped when it arrives at viewers' screens.

The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.