bleed

Verb
  1. Lose blood from one's body (synset 200074587)
    is a type of: discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release - eliminate (a substance)
    subtypes: flow, menstruate - undergo menstruation
    same as: hemorrhage, shed blood
  2. Draw blood (synset 200085829)
    "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
    referred to in: medicine, practice of 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
    is a type of: care for, treat - provide treatment for
    same as: leech, phlebotomise, phlebotomize
  3. Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone (synset 202365002)
    "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
    is a type of: extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring - obtain by coercion or intimidation
  4. Be diffused (synset 202064720)
    "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
    is a type of: diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out - move outward
    subtypes: crock - release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
    same as: run
    verb group: melt, melt down, run - reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
  5. Drain of liquid or steam (synset 200450108)
    "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"
    is a type of: empty - make void or empty of contents

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