Bleed

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.

II. Bleed ·vt To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

III. Bleed ·vi To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an Incision.

IV. Bleed ·vi To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.

V. Bleed ·vi To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

VI. Bleed ·vt To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.

VII. Bleed ·vi To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.

VIII. Bleed ·vi To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.

IX. Bleed ·vi 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.

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