bleeding
Americannoun
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the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
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the act or process of drawing blood from a person, especially surgically; bloodletting.
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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
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sending forth blood.
a bleeding sore.
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feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
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British Slang. (used as an intensifier).
bleeding fool.
adverb
adjective
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
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There was dirt in my teeth, my elbow was bleeding and everything hurt, but I jumped up, determined to finish.
Dean Commodore publishes videos which help teach his nearly half a million followers on TikTok and Instagram how to perform tasks such as bleeding a radiator and hanging a mirror.
From BBC
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
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