| Verb | 1. | bleed - lose blood from one's bodymenstruate, flow - undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" | |
| 2. | bleed - draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" | |
| 3. | bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" | |
| 4. | bleed - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"melt, melt down, run - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" crock - release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric | |
| 5. | bleed - drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" | |