vt to lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
2. bleed ·vt to let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
3. bleed ·vi to issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
4. bleed ·vi to withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, dr. a. bleeds in fevers.
5. bleed ·vi to lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
6. bleed ·vt to draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.
7. bleed ·vi to pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.
8. bleed ·vi to lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
9. bleed ·vi 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.