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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bleed \Bleed\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to Sw. bl["o]da, Dan. bl["o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See {Blood}.]
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. ''C[ae]sar must bleed.'' --Shak.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
For me the balm shall bleed. --Pope.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bleeding \Bleed"ing\, adjective Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bleeding \Bleed"ing\, noun A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bleeding
noun: flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels [syn: {hemorrhage}, {haemorrhage}]
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