bleeding

[ blee-ding ]

/ ˈbli dɪŋ /

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noun

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

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

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

sending forth blood: a bleeding sore.

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

British Slang. (used as an intensifier): bleeding fool.

adverb

British Slang. (used as an intensifier): a bleeding silly idea.

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Origin of bleeding

1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); see bleed, -ing¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM bleeding

non·bleed·ing, adjective, nounun·bleed·ing, adjective

Words nearby bleeding

bleed, bleeder, bleeder resistor, bleeder's disease, bleeder tile, bleeding, bleeding edge, bleeding heart, bleed someone white, bleed valve, bleep

How to use bleeding in a sentence

The NFL was in a solid bargaining position, coming off a season with strong viewership that made its games even more valuable to TV networks trying to stem the bleeding in their linear TV businesses while standing up their streaming operations.
‘Burn the boats’: TV networks playing with fire in streaming pivots|Tim Peterson|December 9, 2020|Digiday
Loeffler was appointed largely to stem the bleeding of suburban women from the Georgia Republican party, the logic being that a Republican woman candidate would appeal to these women.
9 questions about the Georgia Senate runoffs you were too embarrassed to ask|Ella Nilsen|November 30, 2020|Vox
When patients arrived suffering from internal bleeding, the only option for finding where the bleeding came from was running them through a CAT scanner.
How Fujifilm pivoted fast to capture a key piece of the COVID treatment market|Shawn Tully|November 21, 2020|Fortune
Generally speaking, you can only live 3 minutes without air or if you have massive bleeding.
The 10-step guide to survival in an emergency|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|September 29, 2020|Popular-Science

Striking the right balance between clotting and bleeding is something the body itself does regularly, and not just after an injury.
Preventing dangerous blood clots from COVID-19 is proving tricky|Aimee Cunningham|June 23, 2020|Science News
Ground glass is put in food to cause internal bleeding, and nicotine concentrated by boiling can cause a heart attack.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in another world, Beth stabs Dawn and she is bleeding and none of those other cops are helping her get to a doctor.
‘Walking Dead’ Showrunner Scott Gimple Teases ‘Darker, Weirder’ Times Ahead|Melissa Leon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even President Obama, bleeding popularity and under attack from the Left and the Right, blames the media.
I Blame People Who Blame the Media: Robert McCulloch’s Tone-Deaf Speech|Arthur Chu|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No wonder criminal-justice reform is no longer the sole concern of balladeers and bleeding hearts.
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On|Tina Brown|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The virus causes massive bleeding and spreads itself through contact with the blood.
Blood Is Ebola’s Weapon and Weakness|Abby Haglage|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had perhaps placed in her hand the weapon that should hasten his own defeat, stretch him bleeding on the sand.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Time and time again did the enemy charge upon the guns, only to be flung back, bleeding and torn.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
When bleeding piles are absent, blood-streaks upon such a stool point to carcinoma.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Joseph's brain emptied, fortunately; a man would not want to know that he was tacked to a chair, bleeding to death.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Down crashed the chair, and down went Marius, stunned and bleeding, under its terrific blow.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding

bleeding

/ (ˈbliːdɪŋ) /

adjective, adverb British slang

(intensifier)a bleeding fool; it's bleeding beautiful

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