What is bleed?

More definitions of "bleed":

• (verb): Lose blood from one's body.
  Synonyms: shed blood, hemorrhage

• (verb): Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone.
  Example: "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

• (verb): Drain of liquid or steam.
  Example: "Bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"

• (verb): Be diffused.
  Synonyms: run

Famous quotes containing the word bleed:

“I am hurt but I am not slaine;
Ile lay mee downe and bleed a-while
And then Ile rise and ffight againe.”
—Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

“In man, the shedding of blood is always associated with injury, disease, or death. Only the female half of humanity was seen to have the magical ability to bleed profusely and still rise phoenix-like each month from the gore.”
—Estelle R. Ramey (b. 1917)

“Remember March, the Ides of March remember.
Did not great Julius bleed for justice’ sake?
What villain touched his body, that did stab
And not for justice?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)