BLEED

bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise

(verb) draw blood; “In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”

bleed

(verb) drain of liquid or steam; “bleed the radiators”; “the mechanic bled the engine”

run, bleed

(verb) be diffused; “These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run”

bleed

(verb) get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; “They bled me dry--I have nothing left!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

bleed (third-person singular simple present bleeds, present participle bleeding, simple past and past participle bled)

(intransitive, of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

(transitive) To let or draw blood from.

(transitive) To take large amounts of money from.

(transitive) To steadily lose (something vital).

(intransitive, of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.

(transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

(obsolete, transitive) To bleed on; to make bloody.

(intransitive, copulative) To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.

To lose sap, gum, or juice.

To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.

(phonology, transitive, of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

Noun

bleed (plural bleeds)

An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.

(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

Anagrams

• Lebed, bedel, debel

Source: Wiktionary

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Bleed, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding.] Etym: [OE. bleden, AS. bl, fr. bl blood; akin to Sw. blöda, Dan. blöde, 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.

2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.

3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Cæsar must bleed." Shak. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope.

4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. For me the balm shall bleed. Pope.

5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.] To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity.

Bleed, v. t.

1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller.

3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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