bleed

For the verb: "to bleed"

Simple Past:	bled
Past Participle:	bled

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bleed/bliːd/

▶verb (past and past part. bled)

• 1 lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

• 2 draw blood from (someone) as a former method of medical treatment.

• 3 (often in phr. bleed someone dry) informal drain of money or resources.

• 4 (of dye or colour) seep into an adjacent colour or area.

  ■ Printing (of a design) be printed so that it runs off the page after trimming.

• 5 allow (fluid or gas) to escape from a closed system through a valve.

▶noun the action or an instance of bleeding.

– origin OE blēdan, of Gmc origin; rel. to blood.