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bleed⋅er

  [blee-der]
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–noun
1. a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac.
2. a person or animal that bleeds easily, esp. an athlete or racehorse.
3. a person who draws blood from a sick person; phlebotomist.
4. Slang. a person who drains another of money, resources, etc.; parasite or usurer.
5. Metallurgy. an ingot or casting from which some metal has escaped.
6. Also called bleeder resistor. Electricity. a resistor that is connected across a power supply for voltage regulation and to dissipate the charge remaining in capacitors when the power is discontinued.
7. Also called bleeder valve. a valve or opening for draining a tank, tubing, etc.
8. British Slang.
a. a despicable person.
b. a person, esp. a man; fellow.
Origin:
1780–90; bleed + -er 1
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bleed

  [bleed] verb, bled  [bled] , bleed⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used without object)
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, excrescences, etc.) to exude blood: a wart that is bleeding.
3. (of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.
4. (of dye or paint) to run or become diffused: All the colors bled when the dress was washed.
5. (of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.
6. to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes.
7. to suffer wounds or death, as in battle: The soldiers bled for the cause.
8. (of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal: CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies.
9. Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming.
10. Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion.
11. Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure.
–verb (used with object)
12. to cause to lose blood, esp. surgically: Doctors no longer bleed their patients to reduce fever.
13. to lose or emit (blood or sap).
14. to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something): to bleed a pipeline of excess air.
15. to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve.
16. to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from.
17. Printing.
a. to permit (printed illustrations or ornamentation) to run off the page or sheet.
b. to trim the margin of (a book or sheet) so closely as to mutilate the text or illustration.
–noun
18. Printing.
a. a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
b. a part thus trimmed off.
19. Medicine/Medical. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage: an intracranial bleed.
–adjective
20. Printing. characterized by bleeding: a bleed page.
—Verb phrase
21. bleed off, to draw or extract: to bleed off sap from a maple tree; to bleed off static electricity.
—Idiom
22. bleed white. white (def. 41).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bleden, OE blēdan, deriv. of blōd blood
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bleed·er   (blē'dər)   
n.  

  1. A person, such as a hemophiliac, who bleeds freely or is subject to frequent hemorrhages.

    1. Slang A blood vessel from which there is uncontrolled bleeding.

    2. A blood vessel severed by trauma or surgery that requires cautery or ligature to arrest the flow of blood.

  3. A person who draws blood from another; a phlebotomist.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
bleed

  1. tv.
    to drain someone of money through extortion or continuous demands for payment. : I'm going to bleed you till I get what I deserve.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bleed 
O.E. bledan, from P.Gmc. *blothjan "emit blood" (cf. O.N. blæða, Ger. bluten), from *blotham "blood" (see blood). Bleeding heart in the sense of "person excessively sympathetic" (esp. toward those the writer deems not to deserve it) is first attested 1958 according to OED, but said by many to have been popularized with ref. to liberals (esp. Eleanor Roosevelt) in 1930s by newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969), though quotations are wanting. Bleeding in a fig. sense of "generous" is from late 16c., but the exact image here may be of the "bleeding heart of Jesus."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2bleed
Function: noun
: the escape of blood from vessels : HEMORRHAGE bleed>

Main Entry: bleed·er
Pronunciation: 'blEd-&r
Function: noun
1 : one that draws blood; especially : a person who drawsblood for medical reasons : BLOODLETTER
2 : one that gives up blood: a : HEMOPHILIAC b : a large blood vessel divided during surgery c : a horse or other animalimmunized against some pathogen and regularly bled for the production of serums
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

bleed (blēd)
v. bled (blěd), bleed·ing, bleeds

  1. To lose blood as a result of rupture or severance of blood vessels.

  2. To take or remove blood from.

bleeder bleed·er (blē'dər)
n.

  1. A person, such as a hemophiliac, who bleeds freely or is subject to frequent hemorrhages.

  2. A blood vessel from which there is uncontrolled bleeding.

  3. A blood vessel severed by trauma or surgery that requires cautery or ligature to arrest the flow of blood.

  4. A person who draws blood from another; a phlebotomist.

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