bleeding

American  

[blee-ding] / ˈbli dɪŋ /

noun

1. the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.

2. the act or process of drawing blood from a person, especially surgically; bloodletting.

3. the extension of color beyond an edge or border, especially so as to combine with a contiguous color or to affect an adjacent area.

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adjective

1. sending forth blood.

   a bleeding sore.

2. feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.

3. British Slang. (used as an intensifier).

   bleeding fool.

adverb

1. British Slang. (used as an intensifier).

   a bleeding silly idea.

bleeding British  

/ ˈbliːdɪŋ /

adjective

1. (intensifier)

   a bleeding fool

   it's bleeding beautiful

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Other Word Forms

• nonbleeding adjective
• unbleeding adjective

Etymology

Origin of bleeding

1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); bleed, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The companies have reportedly been bleeding money as they rush to develop newer, better models.

From MarketWatch

Lisa has also distributed 37 bleeding control kits around Edinburgh - emergency medical packs which can be used to treat severe bleeding.

From BBC

A pixie with bright red hair and leaflike wings landed on my bleeding fingers and dug her tiny feet into my cut.

From Literature

Bermingham, 43, first spotted an injured fox in her garden in October 2024 shivering and bleeding, with bald patches on its tail and signs of mange.

From BBC

Ostapenko finally stopped the bleeding and broke Mboko as she was serving for the win but that only delayed the inevitable as the Canadian teen punched her ticket to the final two games later.

From Barron's

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