bleed-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: lose or emit blood

Commentary: Includes figurative usages.

Examples:
He bled so much he needed a transfusion.
Head wounds bleed a lot.
He's such a Notre Dame fan, he bleeds blue and gold.

Mappings:
VerbNet: breathe-40.1.2,substance_emission-43.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bleed.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: suffer as if by losing blood

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1 BLEED for PP

Examples:
My heart bleeds for you.
I bleed for the animals victimized by cruelty.
Viewers will bleed for the plight of the heroine.

Mappings:
VerbNet: marvel-31.3-3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bleed.03

Sense Number 3: draw blood as a medical procedure

Examples:
He bled her plentifully and gave her a dose of the mercurial medicine.

Mappings:
VerbNet: substance_emission-43.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 4: drain of a resource, usually money

Examples:
The patent officer signed, and bled me of some more money.
Enough already. You've bled me dry.
It has bled me of all my certainty and trust.
The winter's trials had bled her of strength.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bleed.02,bleed.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 5: drain of a substance

Examples:
The mechanic bled the brake line.
If you've bled the radiators and the water is black, then you have a slight problem.
This is an older type of dimmer, where excess power is bled off into heat.

Mappings:
VerbNet: substance_emission-43.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: seep or diffuse

Examples:
The colors are guaranteed not to bleed.
Liberal bias in colleges bleeds into the classroom.
Prairie bleeds into farmland bleeds into forest.

Mappings:
VerbNet: substance_emission-43.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4