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The Meaning of bleed
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(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.
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(v. i.) To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
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(v. i.) To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
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(v. i.) To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
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(v. i.) To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
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(v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.
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(v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
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(v. t.) To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
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(v. t.) To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.
Synonyms
leech
,
hemorrhage
,
run
,
shed blood
,
phlebotomize
,
phlebotomise
,
course
,
operate
,
hunt
,
fly the coop
,
work
,
scat
,
run away
,
move
,
turn tail
,
range
,
guide
,
function
,
lead
,
lam
,
flow
,
melt down
,
track down
,
break away
,
head for the hills
,
extend
,
hunt down
,
endure
,
bunk
,
take to the woods
,
consort
,
execute
,
feed
,
carry
,
scarper
,
go
,
unravel
,
lean
,
play
,
die hard
,
race
,
pass
,
run for
,
black market
,
persist
,
incline
,
draw
,
hightail it
,
be given
,
prevail
,
campaign
,
tend
,
escape
,
ladder
,
ply
,
melt
,
exhaust
,
discharge
,
expel
,
eject
,
release
Rhymes
accede
,
agreed
,
aidid
,
airspeed
,
alwaleed
,
aniseed
,
appleseed
,
aristede
,
aristide
,
bead
,
bede
,
beede
,
brede
,
breed
,
cede
,
centipede
,
concede
,
cottonseed
,
creed
,
decreed
,
dede
,
deed
,
degreed
,
disagreed
,
duckweed
,
ede
,
exceed
,
fede
,
feed
,
fireweed
,
flaxseed
,
frede
,
freed
,
freid
,
fried
,
friede
,
gaede
,
ganymede
,
gilead
,
glede
,
gleed
,
greed
,
guaranteed
,
hamid
,
heed
,
impede
,
inbreed
,
indeed
,
intercede
,
keyed
,
knead
,
kneed
,
laclede
,
lead
,
leed
,
linseed
,
lipide
,
mead
,
meade
,
milkweed
,
misdeed
,
mislead
,
misread
,
need
,
nied
,
nosebleed
,
oilseed
,
peed
,
pitied
,
plead
,
pokeweed
,
precede
,
proceed
,
proofread
,
prophesied
,
ragweed
,
rapeseed
,
rasheed
,
rashid
,
read
,
recede
,
reed
,
reid
,
reread
,
reseed
,
ried
,
riede
,
schmead
,
screed
,
seaweed
,
secede
,
seed
,
shaheed
,
siegfried
,
sinead
,
skied
,
smead
,
snead
,
sneed
,
speed
,
stampede
,
steed
,
streed
,
succeed
,
swede
,
teide
,
thede
,
thiede
,
tiede
,
treed
,
tweed
,
vahid
,
wahid
,
waleed
,
walid
,
weed
,
wied
,
wrede