(~s, ~ing, bled)
1.
When you ~, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
His head had struck the sink and was ~ing...
She’s going to ~ to death!
VERB: V, V to n
~ing
This results in internal ~ing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If the colour of one substance ~s into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way.
The colouring pigments from the skins are not allowed to ~ into the grape juice.
VERB: V prep
3.
If someone is being bled, money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them.
We have been gradually bled for twelve years...
They mean to ~ the British to the utmost.
VERB: be V-ed, V n disapproval
4.
see also nose~