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bleeding

[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

  1. sending forth blood.

    a bleeding sore.

  2. feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.

  3. British Slang.(used as an intensifier).

    bleeding fool.

adverb

  1. British Slang.(used as an intensifier).

    a bleeding silly idea.

bleeding

/ ˈːɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (intensifier)

    a bleeding fool

    it's bleeding beautiful

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonbleeding adjective
  • unbleeding adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bleeding1

1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); bleed, -ing 1, -ing 2
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Alex was taken to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan where doctors confirmed he had catastrophic brain damage and bleeding.

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Others, though, saw Landy as a Svengali-like figure, a man who could make Wilson appear to be on the road to recovery while bleeding him of every resource he had.

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Police said after meeting with Mr Banta in a coffee shop, she experienced heavy bleeding and visited the emergency room, but lost her baby a few days later.

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The trial previously heard Mr Perks's injuries were "of the most serious type", and included a bleeding liver, injuries to the pancreas and bowel, and an "extremely life-threatening injury" to the back of the abdomen.

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One woman among the protest group appeared to be bleeding, and another man was treated for injuries.

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