Loses blood from a wound or injury, or to drip or seep a colored liquid like dye.
From Old English 'blēdan,' which is related to the word 'blood' itself. The verb form has been used for over 1,000 years to describe both the loss of blood and metaphorical loss or oozing.
In printing and graphic design, 'bleed' has a completely different meaning—when an image extends to the edge of a page—but it comes from the same visual idea of something extending beyond its boundaries and spreading outward.
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