bleeds

Oozes from cuts

Bleeds is the verb form of bleed—to lose blood from the body: The cut bleeds whenever I bend my finger.

By extension, something bleeds when color runs or spreads: The red dye bleeds into the white fabric.

In printing and design, bleeds are images or colors that extend beyond the trim edge, or the verb describing this: The photo bleeds off the page.

To bleed someone is to extract money gradually: The lawsuit bled them dry.

medical

hemorrhage

Profuse discharge of blood

gash · clot · coagulation · transfusion · tourniquet · hemostasis · platelets · arterial · venous · scab

finance

drain

Channel for wastewater

depletion · outflow · expense · cost · drains · erodes · siphons · depletes · bankruptcy · insolvency

dye

color

Visual hue property

fabric · wash · stain · pigment · dye · saturates · transfers · fades · leaches · tints

sacrifice

altar

Sacred ritual table

martyr · bloodshed · lamb · slaughter · consecration · devotion · sacred · stigmata · penance · redemption

emotion

heart

Circulatory system's pump

empathizes · feels · mourns · pains · yearns · weeps · sympathizes · compassion · anguish · sorrow

printing

margin

Edge of a page

overlap · borderless · extend · gutters · spread · layout · proof · registration · CMYK · offset

Categories
Opposites
blood flow/hemostasis

bleedsclots

Solidified blood masses

coagulates · heals · stanches · seals · congeals

resource loss/retention

bleedsfills

Occupies completely

conserves · retains · accumulates · replenishes · gains

COLOR/INK MIGRATION (printing/fabric)

bleedssets

Grouped items together

fixes · stays put

Phrases
Family

bleed, bleeding, bleed dry, bleeder, bleeders

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG