Bleed

bleed
    v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: {shed blood}, {bleed},
         {hemorrhage}]
    2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients
       as part of the treatment" [syn: {bleed}, {leech},
       {phlebotomize}, {phlebotomise}]
    3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;
       "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
    4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
       run" [syn: {run}, {bleed}]
    5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the
       mechanic bled the engine"
    

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.
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   2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A.
      bleeds in fevers.
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   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.
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            The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope.
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   4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
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            For me the balm shall bleed.          --Pope.
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   5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds
      when tapped or wounded.
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   6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as,
      to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.]
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   {To make the heart bleed}, to cause extreme pain, as from
      sympathy or pity.
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Bleed \Bleed\, v. t.
   1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by
      opening a vein.
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   2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
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            A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.
                                                  --H. Miller.
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   3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled
      him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]
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147 Moby Thesaurus words for "bleed":
      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