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bleed

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1. bleed - Noun

2. bleed - Verb

Meaning

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.

To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.

To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.

To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.

To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.

To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.

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

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway

I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily. Michael Jackson

In a mind all logic is like a knife blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. Rabindranath Tagore

Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed. French Proverb

Bleed him, purge him, and if he dies, bury him. Spanish Proverb

Bleed him, purge him, and if he dies, bury him. Portuguese Proverb

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