Definition of Bleed

Bleed

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.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
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.
7. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
8. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
9. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.