Bleed (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bled (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding.] [OE. bleden, AS. bldan, fr. bld blood; akin to Sw. bloda, Dan. blode, 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.
"Caesar 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.
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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.]
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