bleed
/ˈbliːd/ noun C2- 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.
- 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.
- The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
- The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.
Plural bleeds
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Witch did not bleed where she was bitten, for she was so wicked that the blood in her had dried up many years before.
Ye bleed.”
Moral wounds have this peculiarity,—they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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