noun
- The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
- synonyms: hemorrhage, haemorrhage
verb
- Lose blood from one's body.
- synonyms: shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage
- Draw blood.
- usage: "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
- synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
- Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone.
- usage: "They bled me dry-I have nothing left"
- synonyms: bleed
- Be diffused.
- usage: "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
- Drain of liquid or steam.
- usage: "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"
- synonyms: bleed
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