What is bleed?

More definitions of "bleed":

• (verb): Be diffused.
  Synonyms: run

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

• (verb): Draw blood.
  Synonyms: leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise

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

Famous quotes containing the word bleed:

“You may have a wen or a cancer upon your person and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed to death; but surely it is no way to cure it, to engraft it and spread it over your whole body.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“If there’s delight in love, ‘tis when I see
That heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.”
—William Congreve (1670–1729)

“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)