bleed

bleed
   to extort money from on a regular basis
   Like a 19th-century surgeon, but not for the good of the victim. The obsolete British bleed the monkey was to steal rum from the monkey, or mess tub.

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  • bleed — [bli:d] v past tense and past participle bled [bled] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(blood)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(air/liquid)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5 bleed red ink ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: bledan, from blod; BLOOD] 1.) ¦(BLOOD)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bleed — /bleed/, v., bled /bled/, bleeding, n., adj. v.i. 1. to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin: to bleed from the mouth. 2. (of injured tissue,… …   Universalium

  • bleed — [bliːd] verb bled PTandPP [bled] 1. [intransitive] to lose money: • Its consumer electronics division continued to bleed, with an operating loss of $100 million. 2. [transitive] to make someone pay an unreasonable amount of money: bleed somebody… …   Financial and business terms

  • Bleed — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleed — [ blid ] (past tense and past participle bled [ bled ] ) verb * ▸ 1 when blood flows out ▸ 2 when color spreads ▸ 3 make someone pay money ▸ 4 take liquid/gas from something ▸ 5 take blood from someone 1. ) intransitive to have blood flowing from …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Bleed — may refer to:*Bleeding, the loss of blood *Bleed (printing) *Bleed, album by German metal band Angel Dust (band) …   Wikipedia

  • Bleed — ist: ein Pseudonym des deutschen Musikers und DJs Sascha Kösch Bleed (Album), ein Album der Band Angel Dust aus dem Jahr 1999 Bleed (Film), ein Horrorfilm aus dem Jahr 2002 ein Begriff aus der Druckersprache, siehe Beschnitt Diese Seit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bleed — [v1] cause blood to flow drain, exude, gush, hemorrhage, leech, ooze, open vein, phlebotomize, run, seep, shed, spurt, trickle, weep; concept 185 bleed [v2] extort blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish,… …   New thesaurus

  • Bleed — Bleed, v. t. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein. [1913 Webster] 2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. [1913 Webster] A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber. H. Miller. [1913 Webster] 3. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bleed — bleed; bleed·er; …   English syllables

  • bleed — [blēd] vi. bled [bled] bleeding [ME bleden < OE bledan < blod, blood < IE * bhlē , var. of base * bhel , to swell > BALL1, BLOOM1] 1. to emit or lose blood 2. to suffer wounds or die in a battle or cause …   English World dictionary

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