bleeding

[ blee-ding ]
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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.

  1. 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.

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

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

Origin of bleeding

1
1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); see bleed, -ing1, -ing2

Other words from bleeding

  • non·bleed·ing, adjective, noun
  • un·bleed·ing, adjective

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How to use bleeding in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding

bleeding

/ (ˈbliːdɪŋ) /


adjective, adverbBritish slang
  1. (intensifier): a bleeding fool; it's bleeding beautiful

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