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Bleeding

//ˈbliːdɪŋ// adj, adv, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Losing blood. not-comparable

    "The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital."

  2. 2
    extreme, outright; bloody, blasted. UK, emphatic, intensifier, not-comparable, slang

    "You are a bleeding liar. Truth is of no interest to you at all."

Adverb
  1. 1
    used as an intensifier: Extremely. British, not-comparable, slang

    "His car's motor is bleeding smoking down the motorway."

Noun
  1. 1
    The flow or loss of blood from a damaged blood vessel. countable, uncountable

    "Internal bleeding is often difficult to detect and can lead to death in a short time."

  2. 2
    the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel wordnet
  3. 3
    Bloodletting. countable, historical, uncountable

    "Notwithstanding the employ of general and local bleeding, blisters, &c., the patient died on the fourth day after entrance."

  4. 4
    Depletion of a given resource; draining, sapping, weakening. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "the bleeding of the budget"

  5. 5
    Menstruation. colloquial, countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bleed form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

Etymology 4

By surface analysis, bleed + -ing.

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