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

“Credit spreads are the market’s real-time read on default risk and fear, the quickest check on whether a funding hiccup is bleeding into fundamentals,” said Brian Weisenberger, chief market strategist at Xtollo Investment Partners.

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Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.

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The rectal damage and subsequent bleeding required two surgeries, according to the indictment.

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“My body hurt so much that I couldn’t move anymore...I eventually realized that I was bleeding everywhere.”

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When do you see the end of the bleeding?

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