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bleed·ing

   [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
4.
sending forth blood: a bleeding sore.
5.
feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
6.
British Slang. (used as an intensifier): bleeding fool.

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adverb
7.
British Slang. (used as an intensifier): a bleeding silly idea.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); see bleed, -ing1, -ing2

Related forms
non·bleed·ing, adjective, noun
un·bleed·ing, adjective
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bleed

   [bleed] verb, bled  [bled] , bleed·ing, noun, adjective
verb (used without object)
1.
to lose blood from the vascular system, either internally into the body or externally through a natural orifice or break in the skin: to bleed from the mouth.
2.
(of injured tissue, excrescences, etc.) to exude blood: a wart that is bleeding.
3.
(of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.
4.
(of dye or paint) to run or become diffused: All the colors bled when the dress was washed.
5.
(of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.
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6.
to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes.
7.
to suffer wounds or death, as in battle: The soldiers bled for the cause.
8.
(of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal: CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies.
9.
Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming.
10.
Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion.
11.
Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure.
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verb (used with object)
12.
to cause to lose blood, especially surgically: Doctors no longer bleed their patients to reduce fever.
13.
to lose or emit (blood or sap).
14.
to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something): to bleed a pipeline of excess air.
15.
to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve.
16.
to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from.
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17.
Printing.
a.
to permit (printed illustrations or ornamentation) to run off the page or sheet.
b.
to trim the margin of (a book or sheet) so closely as to mutilate the text or illustration.
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noun
18.
Printing.
a.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
b.
a part thus trimmed off.
19.
Medicine/Medical. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage: an intracranial bleed.
adjective
20.
Printing. characterized by bleeding: a bleed page.
Verb phrase
21.
bleed off, to draw or extract: to bleed off sap from a maple tree; to bleed off static electricity.
Idiom
22.
bleed white. white (def. 41).
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bleden, Old English blēdan, derivative of blōd blood

Related forms
out·bleed, verb (used with object), out·bled, out·bleed·ing.
un·bled, adjective

Can be confused: bled, bleed, blood.
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World English Dictionary
bleeding (ˈbliːdɪŋ)
 
—adj, —adv
(intensifier): a bleeding fool; it's bleeding beautiful

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History

bleed
O.E. bledan "to bleed, to let blood," from P.Gmc. *blothjan "emit blood" (cf. O.N. blæða, Ger. bluten), from *blotham "blood" (see blood).
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bleeding
late 14c., "flowing out of blood," mid-15c. as "drawing out of blood;" from prp. adj. (early 13c.) of bleed. Figurative use is from 1796. Of dyes or paints, from 1888. As an adj. euphemism for bloody, from 1858.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

bleed (blēd)
v. bled (blěd), bleed·ing, bleeds

  1. To lose blood as a result of rupture or severance of blood vessels.

  2. To take or remove blood from.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Slang Dictionary

bleed definition


  1. tv.
    to drain someone of money through extortion or continuous demands for payment. : I'm going to bleed you till I get what I deserve.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Encyclopedia

bleeding

escape of blood from blood vessels into surrounding tissue and the process of coagulation through the action of platelets.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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