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verb

Bleed v. t. (past & past part. bled; pres. part. bleeding)

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."

3.

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

Bleed v. i. (past & past part. bled; pres. part. bleeding)

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. "Caesar must bleed." "The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day."

4.

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

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.

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"Bleed" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the palace. The proverb was, 'Never undertake anything until you have well considered the end.' It so happened, that there was a conspiracy against the king, and it was arranged that his surgeon should bleed him with a poisoned lancet. The surgeon agreed, the king's arm was bound up, and one of the silver basins was held to receive the blood. The surgeon read the inscription, and was so struck with the force of it, that he threw down the lancet, confessed the plot, and thus ...

— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat

... could remove my eyes from this horrible spectacle, I observed my friend Dr. D——, one of the most humane of a humane profession, standing by the bedside. He had been attempting, but unsuccessfully, to bleed the patient, and had now applied his finger to ...

— The Purcell Papers - Volume I. (of III.) • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

... the horde in Asia Minor. Here we take leave of the Gaul as the conquering nomad; we have seen him wandering through the land of the stranger with fire and sword; but the hour of vengeance has now come, and we shall see him bleed in vain on his native soil for that liberty of which he ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 • Various

... intellect, and the vulgarity of his person. It was to this that it was owing that she had betrayed him, had driven one son to desperation, and had been forced to utter to the other the most agonizing confession that can make a mother's heart bleed. She muttered: "It is so frightful for a young girl to have to marry such ...

— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. • Guy de Maupassant

... proper season, to serve the festivals of the church. At the time of the expedition of the Earl of Essex to Cadiz, the English took their swords and cut asunder a certain painting of a religious subject in one of the churches, whereupon the edges of the cut canvas began to bleed, and the blood remains there to this day, and may be seen by the curious in one of the parish churches of that city! They relate numerous cases in which the host when profaned has, when broken, sent forth blood. If a sacristan ...

— Roman Catholicism in Spain • Anonymous

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