'Bleed' definitions:
Definition of 'bleed'
From: WordNet
verb
Lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage]
verb
Draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise]
verb
Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
verb
Be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: run, bleed]
verb
Drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"
Definition of 'Bleed'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. [1913 Webster]
- For me the balm shall bleed. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bleed'
From: GCIDE
- Bleed \Bleed\, v. t.
- 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. [1913 Webster]
- A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. --H. Miller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bleed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- abuse,
- ache,
- agonize,
- anguish,
- be sorry for,
- bereave,
- bleed for,
- bleed white,
- bloody,
- broach,
- brood over,
- clip,
- commiserate,
- compassionate,
- condole with,
- cup,
- curtail,
- cut off,
- decant,
- denude,
- deplume,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- despoil,
- discharge,
- disentitle,
- displume,
- divest,
- draft,
- draft off,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw from,
- draw off,
- dry,
- ease one of,
- ecchymose,
- effuse,
- emit,
- empty,
- excrete,
- exfiltrate,
- exhaust,
- exploit,
- extravasate,
- exudate,
- exude,
- feel for,
- feel sorrow for,
- feel sorry for,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- flay,
- fleece,
- fret,
- give a transfusion,
- give off,
- go hard with,
- gouge,
- grieve,
- hemorrhage,
- hold up,
- hurt,
- ill-use,
- impose upon,
- impoverish,
- lament for,
- leach,
- leech,
- let,
- let blood,
- let out,
- lighten one of,
- lixiviate,
- lose blood,
- make use of,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- mine,
- misuse,
- mope,
- mourn,
- mulct,
- ooze,
- overcharge,
- overprice,
- overtax,
- percolate,
- perfuse,
- phlebotomize,
- pick clean,
- pine,
- pine away,
- pipette,
- pity,
- play on,
- pluck,
- presume upon,
- profiteer,
- pump,
- pump out,
- reek,
- rook,
- screw,
- seep,
- sew,
- shear,
- shed blood,
- siphon off,
- skin,
- soak,
- sorrow,
- spill blood,
- stick,
- sting,
- strain,
- strip,
- strip bare,
- stroke,
- suck,
- suck dry,
- suck out,
- suffer,
- suffer anguish,
- surcharge,
- sweat,
- swindle,
- sympathize,
- sympathize with,
- take advantage of,
- take away from,
- take from,
- take on,
- tap,
- transfuse,
- transpire,
- transude,
- use,
- use ill,
- venesect,
- victimize,
- weep,
- weep for,
- work on,
- work upon,
- writhe