Dictionary entry

Bleed (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bleed, v. t. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.

2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.

A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.

H. Miller.

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