What is bleed?

More definitions of "bleed":

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

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

• (verb): Be diffused.
  Synonyms: run

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

Famous quotes containing the word bleed:

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

“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)

“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)