| bleed |
verb i. |
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., To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers., To lose or shed one’s blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence., To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision., To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded., To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause., To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein., To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap., To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. |