Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bleed"

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) 1.7 (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: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;
"They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
run" [syn: {run}]
5: drain of water; "bleed the radiators"


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