Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bleeding"
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)
Bleeding \Bleed"ing\, a.
Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also,
expressing anguish or compassion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bleeding \Bleed"ing\, n.
A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a
hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a
drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bleeding
adj : emitting or as if emitting blood; "his bleeding wounds";
"bleeding heart" [syn: {bleeding(a)}]
n : flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels [syn: {hemorrhage},
{haemorrhage}]
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