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Meaning of BLEED

Pronunciation:  bleed

WordNet Dictionary
  1. [v]  lose blood from one's body
  2. [v]  draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
  3. [v]  drain of water; "bleed the radiators"
  5. [v]  get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

BLEED is a 5 letter word that starts with B.


 Synonyms: hemorrhage, leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize, run, shed blood
 See Also: care for, crock, diffuse, discharge, drain, eject, expel, extort, fan out, flow, gouge, menstruate, rack, release, spread, spread out, treat, wring



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
  1. \Bleed\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to
       to bleed at the nose.
       bleeds in fevers.
       bleed.'' --Shak.
             For me the balm shall bleed.          --Pope.
       when tapped or wounded.
       to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.]
    {To make the heart bleed}, to cause extreme pain, as from
       sympathy or pity.
  2. \Bleed\, v. t.
    1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by
       opening a vein.
             A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.
                                                   --H. Miller.
       him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]
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