\Bleed\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bleeding}.] [OE. bleden, AS. bl?dan, fr. bl?d blood; akin to
Sw. bl["o]da, Dan. bl["o]de, D. bloeden, G. bluten. See
{Blood}.]
1. 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.
2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A.
   bleeds in fevers.
3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death
   or severe wounds; to die by violence. ``C[ae]sar must
   bleed.'' --Shak.
         The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope.
4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
         For me the balm shall bleed.          --Pope.
5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds
   when tapped or wounded.
6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as,
   to bleed freely for a cause. [Colloq.]
{To make the heart bleed}, to cause extreme pain, as from
   sympathy or pity.

\Bleed\, v. t.
1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by
   opening a vein.
2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
         A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber.
                                               --H. Miller.
3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled
   him freely for this fund. [Colloq.]