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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Bleed

Bleed, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. BLED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLEEDING.] [A-S. blēdan, Sw. blōda, Dan. blöde, D. bloeden, Ger. bluten, O. H. Ger. pluoten. See BLOOD.]

  1. To lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds.
  2. To die a violent death, or by slaughter.

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope. 3. To issue forth, or drop as blood, from an incision; to lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds. For me the balm shall bleed. Pope. 4. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely from an object. [Colloq.] The heart bleeds, a phrase used to denote extreme pain from sympathy or pity.

Bleed, v. t.

verbtransitive
  1. To let blood; to take blood from by opening a vein.
  2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as juice, sap, or gum. “A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.” Miller.
  3. To draw money from one; to induce to pay; as, they bleed him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]