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.

Origin of bleeding

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

OTHER WORDS FROM bleeding

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

Words nearby bleeding

bleed valve, bleeder, bleeder resistor, bleeder tile, bleeder's disease, bleeding, bleeding edge, bleeding heart, bleep, bleeper, bleeping

Definition for bleeding (2 of 2)

bleed

[ bleed ]

/ blid /

verb (used without object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

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.

(of injured tissue, excrescences, etc.) to exude blood: a wart that is bleeding.

(of a plant) to exude sap, resin, etc., from a wound.

(of dye or paint) to run or become diffused: All the colors bled when the dress was washed.

(of a liquid) to ooze or flow out.

to feel pity, sorrow, or anguish: My heart bleeds for you. A nation bleeds for its dead heroes.

to suffer wounds or death, as in battle: The soldiers bled for the cause.

(of a broadcast signal) to interfere with another signal: CB transmissions bleeding over into walkie-talkies.

Printing. (of printed matter) to run off the edges of a page, either by design or through mutilation caused by too close trimming.

Slang. to pay out money, as when overcharged or threatened with extortion.

Metallurgy. (of a cooling ingot or casting) to have molten metal force its way through the solidified exterior because of internal gas pressure.

verb (used with object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

to cause to lose blood, especially surgically: Doctors no longer bleed their patients to reduce fever.

to lose or emit (blood or sap).

to drain or draw sap, water, electricity, etc., from (something): to bleed a pipeline of excess air.

to remove trapped air from (as an automotive brake system) by opening a bleeder valve.

to obtain an excessive amount from; extort money from.

Printing.

to permit (printed illustrations or ornamentation) to run off the page or sheet.
to trim the margin of (a book or sheet) so closely as to mutilate the text or illustration.

noun

Printing.

a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.

Medicine/Medical. an instance of bleeding; hemorrhage: an intracranial bleed.

adjective

Printing. characterized by bleeding: a bleed page.

Verb Phrases

bleed off, to draw or extract: to bleed off sap from a maple tree; to bleed off static electricity.

Origin of bleed

before 1000; Middle English bleden, Old English blēdan, derivative of blōd blood

OTHER WORDS FROM bleed

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bleed

bled bleed blood

Example sentences from the Web for bleeding

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
He found Poindexter on the ground, bleeding from a bullet wound to his chest.

Ferguson’s Only Unsolved Murder |Justin Glawe |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The physical wounds from the attack left her torn and bleeding.

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It was packed with all the worst cases—dying and bleeding and groaning.

Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 |Anonymous
The bleeding, which had nearly ceased, had recommenced with redoubled violence, and a crimson stream was flowing over the bed.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. |Various
Zollern came to her quickly, and raising her torn and bleeding hands to his lips, kissed them tenderly.

A German Pompadour |Marie Hay
A woman, mutilated and bleeding in his orchard—it was because it was a woman that he was so afraid.

O Pioneers! |Willa Cather
Not being able to pull them off, he cut them away, and the feet of Katheline were disclosed red and bleeding.

The Legend of Ulenspiegel |Charles de Coster

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding (1 of 2)

bleeding

/ (ˈbliːdɪŋ) /

adjective, adverb British slang

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

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding (2 of 2)

bleed

/ (bliːd) /

verb bleeds, bleeding or bled

(intr) to lose or emit blood

(tr) to remove or draw blood from (a person or animal)

(intr) to be injured or die, as for a cause or one's country

(of plants) to exude (sap or resin), esp from a cut

(tr) informal to obtain relatively large amounts of money, goods, etc, esp by extortion

(tr) to draw liquid or gas from (a container or enclosed system) to bleed the hydraulic brakes

(intr) (of dye or paint) to run or become mixed, as when wet

to print or be printed so that text, illustrations, etc, run off the trimmed page

(tr) to trim (the edges of a printed sheet) so closely as to cut off some of the printed matter

(intr) civil engineering building trades (of a mixture) to exude (a liquid) during compaction, such as water from cement

bleed someone or something dry to extort gradually all the resources of a person or thing

one's heart bleeds used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically

noun

printing

an illustration or sheet trimmed so that some matter is bled
(as modifier)a bleed page

printing the trimmings of a sheet that has been bled

Word Origin for bleed

Old English blēdan; see blood

Medical definitions for bleeding

bleed

[ blēd ]

v.

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

To take or remove blood from.

Idioms and Phrases with bleeding

bleed

In addition to the idiom beginning with bleed

bleed someone white

also see:

my heart bleeds for you

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bleeding

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Definition for bleeding (2 of 2)

verb (used without object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

verb (used with object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

noun

adjective

Verb Phrases

Origin of bleed

OTHER WORDS FROM bleed

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British Dictionary definitions for bleeding (1 of 2)

adjective, adverb British slang

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding (2 of 2)

verb bleeds, bleeding or bled

noun

Word Origin for bleed

Medical definitions for bleeding

v.

Idioms and Phrases with bleeding

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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bleeding

noun

adjective

adverb

Origin of bleeding

OTHER WORDS FROM bleeding

Words nearby bleeding

Definition for bleeding (2 of 2)

verb (used without object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

verb (used with object), bled [bled] /blɛd/, bleed·ing.

noun

adjective

Verb Phrases

Origin of bleed

OTHER WORDS FROM bleed

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bleed

Words related to bleeding

Example sentences from the Web for bleeding

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding (1 of 2)

adjective, adverb British slang

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding (2 of 2)

verb bleeds, bleeding or bled

noun

Word Origin for bleed

Medical definitions for bleeding

v.

Idioms and Phrases with bleeding