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.); see bleed, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

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

Bleeding Cool founder Rich Johnston has likewise been documenting comics-industry jitters for months on end.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025

Owen moved to Pasadena in the 1880s and was greeted by locals as a hero for fighting alongside his father in the Bleeding Kansas wars and Harper’s Ferry raid.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Bleeding, cupping, and purging are the classical illustrations, but we have plenty of more recent examples to be embarrassed about.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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