Bleed

[bliːd] or [blid]

Definition

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

(verb.) drain of liquid or steam; 'bleed the radiators'; 'the mechanic bled the engine'.

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

Editor: Will--From WordNet

Definition

(v. 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.

(v. i.) To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.

(v. i.) To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.

(v. i.) To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.

(v. i.) To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

(v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.

(v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

(v. t.) To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.

(v. t.) To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.

Checker: Shelia

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Lose blood.[2]. Lose sap or juice.[3]. Be slaughtered.

Inputed by Annie

Definition

v.i. to lose blood: to die by slaughter: to issue forth or drop as blood: to have money extorted from one: to feel great pity for as in the phrase 'the heart bleeds:' to be as red as blood.—v.t. to draw blood from esp. surgically: to extort sums of money from:—pa.t. and pa.p. bled.—n. Bleed′ing a discharge of blood: the operation of letting blood.—adj. full of compassion: emitting sap: terribly weakened by war: (Shak.) bloody.

Edited by Francine