bleeding
Americannoun
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the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
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the act or process of drawing blood from a person, especially surgically; bloodletting.
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the extension of color beyond an edge or border, especially so as to combine with a contiguous color or to affect an adjacent area.
adjective
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sending forth blood.
a bleeding sore.
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feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
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British Slang. (used as an intensifier).
bleeding fool.
adverb
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bleeding
1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); see bleed, -ing 1, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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Bleeding red ink and having been slow to transition to EVs and hybrids, Nissan embarked in late 2024 on a painful restructuring effort to close factories and cut 20,000 jobs by 2028.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
"Bleeding hosts and stigmatizations are the best-known medieval miracles," says Dr. Ilko, author of The Sons of St Augustine, a major new study published by OUP today.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
Enter Bleeding Fingers Music, a composer collective founded in 2014 by Hans Zimmer, Russell Emanuel and Steven Kofsky that has grown from its original six composers to a stable of 26.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025
Bleeding Cool founder Rich Johnston has likewise been documenting comics-industry jitters for months on end.
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025
Bleeding, purges and emetics were still used to cure disease.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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