An injury or cut that causes blood to flow out is called bleeding.
Bleeding can happen anywhere on the body, but it's most common with cuts on the hands and fingers. If you get a small scrape or scratch, it might start to bleed for a little while until it stops. Sometimes, a medical procedure like a surgery or dental work will cause some bleeding too. If someone is hurt badly enough that they're bleeding, they need help right away.
How common is "bleed"?
Word bleed is considered uncommon in modern English. It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
Definitions
noun
An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
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).
(sound recording) 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.
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verb
(of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
Example: If her nose bleeds, try to use ice.
To let or draw blood from.
To take large amounts of money from.
To steadily lose (something vital).
Example: The company was bleeding talent.
(of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
Example: Ink traps counteract bleeding.
To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
To bleed on; to make bloody.
To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
Example: He was a devoted Vikings fan: he bled purple.
To lose sap, gum, or juice.
Example: A tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
(of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
