bleeding

[blee-ding]

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.

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

/ ˈbliːdɪŋ /

adjective

1. (intensifier)

   a bleeding fool

   it's bleeding beautiful

Other Word Forms

• nonbleeding adjective
• unbleeding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bleeding¹

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

Example Sentences

Ms Heeley said: "He left her bleeding to death and then casually went back to his hotel. We say you can be sure he is guilty of murder."

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There were no signs of blood by the time he gave his postgame interview, but Smith-Schuster confirmed that he had been bleeding.

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Last summer, a worker installing a cable 20 feet overhead, without fall protection, tumbled off and suffered cranial bleeding.

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“We’re thinking of ourselves as this really big Band-Aid,” she said, “but we need to do more to stop the bleeding.”

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And he moves his hand, and his teeth had all shifted and he was bleeding.”

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