3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bleed \Bleed\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS bl?dan, fr bl?d blood; akin to
Sw bl["o]da, Dan. bl["o]de, D. bloeden G. bluten See
{Blood}.]
1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by
whatever means as the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely;
to bleed at the nose.
2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as Dr A.
bleeds in fevers.
3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death
or severe wounds; to die by violence. ``C[ae]sar must
bleed.'' --Shak.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
For me the balm shall bleed. --Pope.
5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as a tree or a vine bleeds
when tapped or wounded.
6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as
to bleed freely for a cause [Colloq.]
{To make the heart bleed}, to cause extreme pain, as from
sympathy or pity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bleed \Bleed\, v. t.
1. To let blood from to take or draw blood from as by
opening a vein.
2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.
--H. Miller.
3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay as they bled
him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bleed
v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: {shed blood}, {hemorrhage}]
2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
patients as part of the treatment" [syn: {leech}, {phlebotomize}]
3: be diffused; of dyes and colors [syn: {run}]
4: drain of water; "bleed the radiators"
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