Definition of Bleeding

Noun: bleeding  blee-ding

1. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
   - hemorrhage [N. Amer], haemorrhage [Brit, Cdn]

Adjective: bleeding  blee-ding
Usage: Brit

1. Used for disapproving emphasis
   "he's a bleeding idiot";
   - bleedin' [Brit], bloody [Brit]

Verb: bleed (bled)  bleed

1. Lose blood from one's body
   - shed blood, hemorrhage [N. Amer], haemorrhage [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. (medicine) draw blood
   "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment";
   - leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise [Brit]
    
3. Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
   "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
    
4. Be diffused
   "These dyes and colours are guaranteed not to bleed";
   - run
    
5. Drain of liquid or steam
   "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"

See also:
bleeders
bleedings

Anagrams containing the word bleeding

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