v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bled p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding. ] [ OE. bleden, AS. bl&unr_;dan, fr. bl&unr_;d blood; akin to Sw. blöda, Dan. blöde, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. “Cæsar must bleed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. [ 1913 Webster ]

For me the balm shall bleed. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. [ 1913 Webster ]

A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) (a) One who, or that which, draws blood. (b) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bled p. pr. & vb. n. Bleeding. ] [ OE. bleden, AS. bl&unr_;dan, fr. bl&unr_;d blood; akin to Sw. blöda, Dan. blöde, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. “Cæsar must bleed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. [ 1913 Webster ]

For me the balm shall bleed. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. [ 1913 Webster ]

A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) (a) One who, or that which, draws blood. (b) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]